I want to see God at work!

David Hathaway, preaching in Geneva, February 2018

I want to see God at work! I want to see the bigger miracles that Jesus said we would see. When I was in a communist prison, not knowing when I would ever get out, and remember, I had no Bible, what challenged me was remembering Paul and Silas in prison. Paul was the greatest evangelist in those days. They prayed, and God sent an earthquake. It shook the prison, broke the iron chains and broke open the doors! That was 2000 years ago. I know we all say, ‘Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever’. But I don’t quite believe that, I believe God gets more powerful every day! Only it’s not that He gets more powerful, it’s our understanding of Him that should get greater the longer we live in Him!

So, in the communist prison, I began to pray, “Look Father, if You could work a miracle so big that You could literally break iron chains” – remember, Paul and Silas were chained to the guards – “O God, if You could work that kind of a miracle, surely You can do a bigger miracle today?!! You can set me free!” Of course, that’s what God did! But the greater miracle was that I wasn’t just set free, God sent the British Prime Minister to rescue me! What I want is not just a repeat of what’s in the Bible, I want to see the bigger miracles. I believe we can! But we’ve got to put our faith in God to the test! When I think of what God has done in my life in just the last two years it is powerful... But I’m not just looking at what God has done in the past, I’m looking at what God is going to do in the future – still greater miracles!

I want to bring three scriptures. In Exodus 3:7 God appeared to Moses in a burning bush and this is what He said, “I have seen the affliction of My people in Egypt, I have heard their cry, I know their sorrows – and I AM come down to deliver!” God sees and knows our afflictions and He says, “I’m not just in Heaven, I am come down to deliver!” If God said that 4000 years ago, how much more is He saying it today! “I am HERE!” The Presence of God is with us! Constantly. God is here to deliver us! And He will deliver us, whatever is troubling us. From sickness, from financial problems, every kind of problem.

The second scripture is in 1 Corinthians 4:19-20. Apostle Paul, writing to the Church says, “I will come to you shortly, and I will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the POWER. For the Kingdom of God is not in words, but in POWER!” The Word of God is not just in writing, it’s in the POWER of God to fulfil His Promises.

And my third scripture is Numbers 23:19-20. You remember how Balak hired Balaam to curse Israel. Three times Balaam refused to curse. The third time, God spoke through Balaam, who said, “How can I curse those whom God has blessed? – God isn’t a man who can lie. God keeps His Word, He does what He says!” The POWER of our God is not in the theory or the theology, it’s in ACTION! As an evangelist, this is what I am determined to see: GOD AT WORK! God moving, God changing things, God changing people.