Let God Say “No”.

““For I am the Lord, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.”

―Malachi 3:6

Following are the two new quotes I add to my quote file today, taken from two different books, read at different times. But notice how connected they are as we compare the first-century church with the twenty-first church.

• “We know from writings from the early church that miracles, not message, were the prime motivator for the conversion of the first Christian generations.” — Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age by Rod Dreher

• “It is much better to do things you cannot explain than explain things you cannot do.” — The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Another one of my favorite quotes comes from the investment world. It is what bad investors think just before jumping into a losing venture: “It’s different this time.”

That is exactly what large swaths of modern theologians and preachers tell us about miracles. They teach: “Its different now. God only worked miracles back in the first century.”

Why is that?

People are still the same.

Needs are still the same.

God is still the same.

The ONE THING for today: God is God, he doesn’t have to do anything just because we ask for it. But that doesn’t mean he won’t. Dare to ask. Dare to ask big! Don’t let others say no for you, let God say no.

I can’t explain it, but the evidence is clear, often God doesn’t say no!

And that is good news.

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”

Matthew 7:7

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