Eight Purposes for Signs and Wonders

(part one)

To illustrate God’s creative power:


GEN.1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:


At creation, God declared through Moses that the lights (and everything else God created) in the heavens were signs to illustrate His creative power!

Jesus made it distinctly clear in Matthew16:4, “A wicked generation seeks after signs...” Like the blessings of God, signs and wonders are to follow us! Jesus also said, “These signs shall follow them that believe”. Our position, however, should never to magnify or make a circus act out of signs and wonders, neither should we discount them. We should, in fact, expect to see them everyday.

Signs and wonders illustrate God's creative power. The creative power of God's spoken word caused the earth to stand at attention: chaos vanished... order came. The water separated itself from the land and light from the darkness. All of this happened as signs and wonders on the earth and in the heavens.

God still uses signs and wonders to illustrate His creative power. Some may call an earthquake and a volcano “a natural disaster”, but truly, they are signs and wonders of God's existence and might. Yes, in some instances, volcanoes are a sign of judgment. But they can also be a beauty to behold.

“With the span of His hand”, the Bible says, “God measured out the waters.” Now, think about it for just a moment: if God can put on a display of signs and wonders of this magnitude at creation, the same hand of God used to measure out the waters is more than capable of handling your dilemma. “His hand is not too short”, God's Word says, “that He cannot save”.

Let faith arise in your heart today, as you meditate upon God's creative ability. He is an awesome God! I'm confident that He would be willing to do just about anything to illustrate how much He loves you. Don't sell out, believing less of God than Who He really is. He established the earth upon the floods, the Bible says. He can establish you, even if you are in the most turbulent of times.