“The key to
keeping your faith strong while waiting for a miracle —thanksgiving” Larry Sparks
In John 6:11
the Bible says “Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, he
distributed to those who were seated; likewise also of the fish as much as they
wanted” notice here that when he gave thanks the hand of God was revealed.
After He blessed the food they had received of the young lad, he gave it to the
disciples and they gave to the crowd. Notice also that the Lord did not create
a vast amount of food to feed the over 5000 persons from the five small barley
loaves and two small fishes all at once but the miracle happened continually,
it is to be assumed that as the disciples broke off bread and passed it on to
the people, that the miracle kept happening in their hands i.e. the bread
continued to be present.
I
believe this is a great model to walking
in the supernatural power of God and receiving miracles, to celebrate a seed
like it actually was the harvest. We need to start seeing all signs of
breakthrough with a prophetic eye and learn how to thank God for the small
cloud in the same way we would thank Him for the abundance of rain.
Most times we reserve thanksgiving for when
the miracle comes to full fruition, we wait for the spectacular or for the
total healing, we wait until everything come into perfect alignment and we get
exactly what we have been believing God for, this is not the essence of faith.
Faith is not required when we receive everything we have been praying for; it
is essential when we are living in the gap between our present situation and
what we are believing for. so how do we maintain faith to keep us going while
we are waiting for our miracle? the key to sustaining faith is giving thanks
for all signs of progress.
