Mysterious and Miraculous!

Last night, I attended a seminar entitled "Business Breakthrough". The speaker was Pastor Philip Mantofa. I expected to listen to a set of theories on how to be a good business person. But I was in for a surprise. What Pastor Philip taught in the seminar was not just applicable for business people but for all of God's children.

The seminar started with a praise and worship time that was truly amazing. I could really sense the Holy Spirit touching the hearts of everyone in the room. As we were singing "Hallelujah", I could sense the Holy Spirit just urging me to bask in His presence. It was hard to concentrate at first because I had a really tiring day. The events of the day kept on flashing in my mind. But as I started to sing, I just can't help but be amazed at the glorious presence of God. Pastor Philip ended the praise and worship time with a prayer asking God to just fill us with wisdom.

The teaching (or "preaching") was based on 1 Samuel 13, 14 and 15. Pastor Philip started by saying that God's ways are always mysterious and miraculous. He just said it in a matter-of-fact way but it struck me really hard. It's true, God's ways are indeed mysterious and miraculous. There are many events in the Bible that can prove this true. The feeding of the 5 thousand, the finding of the 2 gold coins in the mouth of the fish and the changing of the water into wine would just be a few of the many events in the Bible that can be considered "mysterious and miraculous".

Why then are God's ways mysterious and miraculous?

His ways are mysterious to live room for us to exercise our faith. If life would be just like listening to the weather forecast in the tv every morning, we wouldn't need to have faith anymore. Then, there's no room for us to grow in our intimacy with Him and there's no chance for our characters to be moulded.

His ways are miraculous because that's just how He is, miraculous! He is the creator of all that there is. His power is so great. His mind is too wonderful for us to fathom.(Is. 55:8-9) So He just can't help it if everything that he does is "miraculous".

As I left the seminar room last night, I just felt recharged in my faith. I know that I have to be on fire for God always. Every day, every hour, every minute, every second. I just want to be on fire for Him!!! I want to be as intimate as I can with Him.

Lord, help me to seek You, not the blessings. I pray that in all that I do I will please you and that my motives will always glorify You. Amen.