On April 20th of this year an oil drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico causing oil to spill into the marine endangering wildlife & nature & jobs & causing loads of damage. Over a series of days & weeks the spill just continued to pour out. The affected states & national political leaders, in an act of extreme despiration, called upon the church leaders to host national prayer days & cry out to God to move in the situation. During this time, I even made sure to pray daily for the Gulf of Mexico & surrounding areas...I remember being in Ensenada, Mexico over that time & praying that God would work the miraculous as only He can.
A few weeks after I returned from Mexico I received an email from the New York Times, the title of the email said "News Alert: Gulf of Mexico Oil Slick Appears to Vanish Quickly". I've saved it in my phone to remind myself of what an amazing, incredible, powerful, inspiring, indescribable God we are priviledged to be in relationship with.
Yesterday at Reverb, Pastor Nick was talking about how easy it is to overlook God's miracles because they don't happen in the way that we're looking for. God doesn't move the same way twice- just because He opened blind eyes by spitting in mud one day does not mean He'll do it the same way for the next guy.
Far too often I am looking for God to move in the same way He did last time, but I'm missing out on so many of His blessings in doing so. I pray that God will continue to create in me a sensitivity to the Holy Spirit's moving so that I can witness all of the miraculous signs & wonders that He pours out daily.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/us/28spill.html?_r=1&emc=na
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