BBD 04.28.06 No Accident
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04.28.06
No Accident
When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so
that they were astonished and said, "Where did this Man get this wisdom and
these mighty works? Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother
called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? And His
sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these
things?" So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is
not without honor except in his own country and in his own house." Now He
did not do many mighty works (miracles - NIV) there because of their
unbelief. - Matthew 13:54-58.
Carolyn Holt had a heart attack while driving and crashed into a guardrail
near St. Louis, Missouri. This could have very well been the end of her life
except that an automated external defibrillator sales representative was
passing by at the time and there were also two nurses that stopped to help.
The defibrillator salesman, Steve Earle, said, "When I saw what was
happening, I jumped out and instinctively grabbed the AED, just in case." He
was able to use the device to bring the heart to a normal rhythm. The two
nurses performed CPR until the AED was successfully used. Mary Blome, one of
the nurses said, "Two RNs, a man that was able to get her out of the
vehicle, the man with the AED - that just doesn't happen." Carolyn is in a
hospital recovering from her heart attack and accident.
No, it was no accident that as Mary Blome said there were immediately on the
scene, "Two RNs, a man that was able to get her out of the vehicle, the man
with the AED." Let's call it what it was, a miracle. It was a miracle! It
was an amazing, wonderful miracle! Praise God! Praise Him for His
intervention in this situation. Only God could have brought about what
happened, it was a miracle. We can be thankful too for the courage of the
four people who rushed to the aid of the trapped victim. It takes courage to
go to the aid of someone trapped in a vehicle or even to go up to a vehicle
that has just been involved in an accident. In this situation, you have to
believe that they all knew they were in the right place at the right time
for a very good reason and that it was no accident. It was a miracle!
There is no question that in this instance that what happened was a miracle.
Perhaps a better question is why there are not more miracles? We know that
sometimes it is not God's will (1 John 5:14-15). However, it appears that
God is ready to move and wants to move in many situations and yet nothing
happens. Why? Perhaps it is the same reason that Jesus could not perform
"many mighty works" or "miracles" as the NIV puts it, in His hometown. The
reason given for there not being many miracles was because of their
"unbelief." It may be that this is the same reason there are not more
miracles today. Because so many people do not believe and even when there is
an obvious miracle, they try to explain it away and give the credit to
coincidence or to something else.
What about in your life? Have there been any miracles? If not it could be
because it is not His will and God has said "No" or He has said to "Wait."
However, it could be a lack of belief. It may be that you do not believe God
can perform a miracle in your life. Yes, you may believe He can perform
miracles in the lives of other people but just not in your life. If that is
the situation, I urge you to repent of your unbelief and believe. Believe
that God can perform miracles not only in the lives of other people but in
your life as well. Remember, it was no accident - it was a miracle!
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