Strange Miracles

Scott Beyer
02/19/24 - Bulletin

“Then he [Moses] cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet.” (Exodus 15:25)

         Have you ever noticed that God often performs miracles through weird processes?  Jesus uses mud to cure a blind man’s eyes, Elisha stretches on top of a dead body three times to raise the dead, and in the above case, Moses throws a tree into a lake to turn the water from bitter to sweet.

         I don’t know all the reasons for these strange methods God uses to enact His signs and wonders, but perhaps at least one of those reasons is the absurdity of it.  Everyone knows trees don’t turn bitter waters into sweet potable water.  Yet, God does exactly that.  Maybe part of the message to Israel (and by extension us) is that God can do whatever He wants.  Have faith – the path may look strange, but God has a way of turning bitter roads into sweet futures.

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This Week’s Reading: Exodus 15-24; Psalm 8; Proverbs 8

This year, #Biblebites are looking at lessons from the history of the Old Testament.  Each week reads a section of history with a Psalm to meditate on and a dash of Proverbs to dwell upon.  If you would like a copy of the reading schedule, you can view it here: https://eastlandchristians.org/news-events/2024-vision

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