Probably like many of you, particularly
before I was a Christian and before I started reading the
Bible and so on and so forth, I had heard about miracles in
the Bible and you'd hear about different people talking about
miracles or Jesus being a miracle worker and so on and so forth.
And I can always remember, you know, just thinking to myself,
you know, that's just that's that's crazy Like these people
were super primitive or something and just had this idea that Jesus
would put you know There were miracles and they were you know,
weren't the smartest people or what have you and and that you
know God doesn't really perform miracles like that like he doesn't
Do these particular things and then later in life? I actually
found myself in a position where I actually needed a miracle,
right? I like I actually found myself
in this situation where I was like, man I hope that guy, you
know, I remember hearing about this idea that God could perform
miracles, man If that were true, that would be absolutely amazing
some of you maybe have heard me tell a story of a friend of
mine who I you know, proclaim the gospel to me, I can remember
saying to him one time, you know, I just, you know, I got this
difficult time at this idea of turning my will and my life over
to something I can't see, you know? And he looked right at
me and said, Darren, you could turn your life over to Bozo the
Clown, and you'd do a lot better job than what you've been doing
so far. And I thought, you know, and in that same conversation,
he said to me, you know, you better, you need to hope there's
a God. I know that you're having trouble
surrendering over to God and this, you want proof and so on
and so forth. But the reality is, is that don't
you realize you're in a situation where you better hope that there's
a God. Because you're in a spot that
you can't get out of in your life. And it was in those moments
where I actually went from, man, that could never possibly happen,
to, what would it be like if it could? And I know that maybe
you're here tonight, and you may say, you know, I just don't
believe that God can do in my life what needs to happen. You know, that That, you know,
there might be any number of reasons why some people around
here have gotten clean, or their relationships have been restored,
and so on and so forth, but, man, they just, they weren't
out to lunch nearly as bad as I was, right? Like, I can remember
going into NA meetings and stuff like that, and I'd hear of a
guy who had gotten clean, or what have you, and I can remember
immediately thinking to myself, oh, he must not have been getting
high like I was. Because it's not possible. It's not possible
for me to attain, for me to have what that happened. If he knew
where I was or what I've done or what I've been through, he
would know that there's no hope for me. But listen, if you, yeah,
that's right. If there's a God, it doesn't
make sense. Listen, I don't want you to miss
this. If you're here and you believe in God, then that means
it's illogical and actually ignorant to say a miracle can't happen.
You know that? Now, it's one thing to say, I
don't believe in God, and therefore a miracle can't happen, right? But if you're here and you say,
oh, I think there's a God. Well, then it would only make
sense if there's a God, then that means he can perform a miracle.
Because God created the heaven and the earth. He created you.
And if he was able to create you and he was able to create
the world, then that means he can manipulate it and do with it
what he wants. Right? And so it's illogical for me
to say there's a God, but yet He can't intervene. And I know,
and my hope is, is that we all come to that place tonight where
we recognize, I need God. Not only do I need God, but God
is willing. God is willing. He can, He's
able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all that I may ask or even
think. Think about that for a minute.
Beyond what you can even think. You know what that means? That
you don't even know what you need? Right? That's what it means.