Signs and Wonders

by Daryle Houston II
(Chicago, IL, USA)

Signs and Wonders are acts that God uses to display His power. I think that signs and wonders are more for the non-believer and the new person in Christ than they are for the mature believer. Just think about it when you first came to Christ, you probably needed a little convincing.

Some people are drawn in by a miraculous event, say you were sick and instantly you were healed. As a result of that move of the power of God, you believed. Some of us didn’t have to see anything to believe, we just believed the words that the person ministering to us were indeed true.

There are believers in the church today that base their relationship with God off of signs and wonders. They’re always looking for something supernatural to happen, and when they don’t see any of that, they say that the presence of God wasn’t there in the place. When they pray they beg God for a holy visitation and when they do experience something like the presence of a glory cloud or something supernatural then their extra happy because “God showed up”.

This kind of behavior and thought process is immaturity on the behalf of that person. God does use natural manifestations such as glory clouds, sweet smelling scents, and other supernatural events from time to time. I believe that theses manifestations are more for the non-believers in the crowd because God knows that most people need to see first before they believe.

My standpoint on the matter is this: whether or not I experience those supernatural manifestations I know who God is and that He is real, and most importantly I know who I am in Christ and that I have a relationship with my creator. When I pray and if I don’t see a natural manifestation come in the room like a glory cloud I’m not down and out because I didn’t think God showed up. God is always around, when I am praying, when I am sleeping, when I am in church, when I am in my home. I don’t need a supernatural event to prove that God is with me.

When we come to that revelation that God is the I Am that I Am we will begin to experience God on a whole new level whether we see manifestations of Him in the natural or not.

Just because you experience signs and wonders this alone doesn’t make your relationship with God increase. The children of Israel experienced signs and wonders every day, yet they still defied God and turned their back on Him. So don’t get stuck on the supernatural, get caught up in the relationship instead.

I pray that this has been a blessing on your lives.

Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
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