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Rick Joyner
Y cuando fue la tarde, los discípulos se acercaron a él, diciendo: " El lugar está
desolado, y el tiempo ya pasó, así que despide a la multitud, para que
puedan ir a las aldeas y comprar comida para sí mismos".Pero Jesús les
dijo: "¡No necesitan irse, les das algo de comer!" (Mateo 14: 15-16)
Me dijeron que el próximo año iba a ser un año de milagros para nosotros, y
que íbamos a ver algunos de los milagros más grandes que hayamos
presenciado porque los vamos a necesitar.
Muchos quieren ver milagros, pero ¿cuántos están dispuestos a ser puestos en
un lugar donde lo necesitan? Los milagros no se dan para nuestro
entretenimiento, ni se dan para construir nuestra fe. Son el resultado de
tener fe. Casi todos los milagros fueron el resultado de una necesidad
desesperada. Cuanto mayor es la necesidad, mayor es el milagro.
¿Cuán grande hubiera sido el milagro de alimentar a los cinco mil si los
discípulos tuvieran cientos de peces y panes, y solo necesitaran un poco más?
Fue un gran milagro porque tenían muy poco en sus manos para hacer lo que
Dios les pidió que hicieran.
Cuando Dios nos llama a hacer una tarea, a menudo comenzamos a ver
qué recursos tenemos para llevarla a cabo. Este puede ser el comienzo de
nuestra caída de la fe que se requerirá para hacer las obras verdaderas de
Dios. Es en el momento en que vemos que se agotan nuestros recursos que
experimentaremos el poder de Dios. Lo que necesitamos para hacer las
verdaderas obras de Dios no se encontrará en nuestros propios recursos, ni en
nuestra propia sabiduría, sino en los recursos ilimitados de Dios.
Pero anímense mutuamente día tras día, mientras todavía se llame "Hoy", para
que ninguno de ustedes se endurezca por el engaño del pecado.
And when it was evening, the disciples came to Him, saying, "The place is
desolate, and the time is already past; so send the multitudes away, that they
may go into the villages and buy food for themselves."
But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away; you give them
something to eat!" (Matthew 14:15-16)
I was told that this coming year was going to be a year of miracles for us, and
that we were going to see some of the greatest miracles we have ever
witnessed because we are going to need them!
Many want to see miracles, but how many are willing to be put in a place where
they need one? Miracles are not given for our entertainment, neither are they
given to build our faith. They are the result of our having faith. Almost every
miracle was the result of a desperate need. The greater the need, the greater
the miracle.
How great would the miracle have been to feed the five thousand if the disciples
had hundreds of fishes and loaves, and just needed a little more? It was a great
miracle because they had so little in their own hands with which to do what they
were asked by God to do.
We know that "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble"
(see James 4:6). However, there is a false humility that is an offense to God,
and can keep us from being useful to Him. It was this kind of false humility that
Moses displayed when God first called him at the burning bush.
When the Lord told Moses that He was sending him back to release His people
from bondage, Moses responded by saying that he was not adequate for this
great task. This seemed humble, but it caused the anger of the Lord to burn
against Moses. The Lord was angry because this seeming humility was actually
an ultimate form of pride, and an affront to God. Moses was saying that his
inadequacy was greater than God's adequacy. He was focusing on himself
instead of the Lord. This is the one thing that may have caused more people to
fail to fulfill their calling than any other single factor.
We will never be adequate within ourselves for what the Lord calls us to do. In
our flesh, which is our natural strength, we cannot accomplish one thing for the
Lord. That is why Paul the Apostle told the men of Athens that the Lord is not
served by human hands. Only the Spirit can begat that which is spirit. We are
utterly dependent on the Lord to do His work. We will never be adequate within
ourselves for His work, and if we ever start to feel adequate we will almost
certainly be in the midst of a fall from grace.
True faith is not a feeling of adequacy in ourselves, but rather of our focus on
the adequacy of God. True faith is not a faith in our faith, but a faith in Him. The
greatest faith is that which can see and believe in His provision in the time of
the most pressing need. We need to see every circumstance that is beyond
ourselves as an opportunity to see a miracle. If we are faithful in the little
opportunities, He will bless us with greater ones. And yes, those blessings are
trials.
Take care, brethren, lest there should be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving
heart, in falling away from the living God.
But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called "Today,"
lest anyone of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our
assurance firm until the end; while it is said, "Today if you hear His voice, do not
harden your hearts, as when they provoked Me" (Hebrews 3:12-15).