Conduits

John 4:49-53     The nobleman said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies!” 50 Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your son lives.” So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way. 51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, “Your son lives!” 52 Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” 53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” And he himself believed, and his whole household.

This is the second miracle that Christ performed in Galilee; the Gospel of John records seven miracles that Christ performed, all to show His deity to encourage others to believe in Him. All throughout the New Testament people were wanting a sign to prove Christ was the Messiah. The Gospels point to the life of Christ, proving He was who he claimed to be, the Savior of the World. The Gospel of John spends much time pointing to these proofs of His deity; it is impossible to read John’s book and not come to see that Christ is exactly who he says that he is; He is God. The simplicity, and yet the depth of that book are incredible. I believe it was Elmer Towns who said, “The gospel of John is shallow enough that a toddler can swim, yet deep enough that an elephant can wade.” Have you spent any time there looking for Him? Have you spent any time there seeing the proofs of Him?

Dr. Henry Blackaby’s ministry Experiencing God revolves around going to where God is working and joining him, not to plead for God to join us. The more time you spend with God in prayer and his Word, the more you will see God already at work in your life. You will not have to travel afar, but only to see things in a different light. The nobleman above had done such a thing; he had sought God, and seen the proofs of God at work in his life. 52 Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” 53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” Not only had his son been healed, he was healed at the same hour Christ spoke it. This encouraged the man’s faith, so much so he led his whole family to believe in Christ.

It does not take the miracles of God to show you the proofs of God. You are missing the opportunity for unexplainable acts of God when you are not spending time with Him. When you are seeking him daily with a true heart for Him, he will put people in your paths to show you the proof of Him at work all around you. You can be that same conduit for others seeking Him also. The perfect scripture, the perfect work of encouragement, or a tough word that needs to be heard or spoken, is God at work around you. Being and receiving those blessings from God are an incredible proof of Him at work in your life every, single, day.