“Now a day before Saul’s coming, the Lord had informed Samuel… ‘You shall anoint him as leader over My people.’” 1 Samuel 9:15–16 It started with lost donkeys. Saul’s father Kish sends him out to recover them—just another chore, just another day. Saul and his servant search through the hill country of Ephraim, through Shalishah,… Continue reading

“And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight. They said to one another, ‘Were our hearts not burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road…?’” Luke 24:31–32 They had walked with Him. Talked with Him. Listened to Him open the Scriptures. And yet, for… Continue reading

“And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.” Jonah 1:17 Most of us don’t think of a giant fish as a miracle. But for Jonah, it was grace. Not comfortable grace. Not gentle grace. But unmistakable, appointed grace. Jonah… Continue reading

“And He has said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.’” 2 Corinthians 12:9 Paul pleaded three times for the thorn to be removed. This wasn’t a minor irritation. It was painful. Ongoing. Weakening. He begged God to take it away. And God said… no. But in that… Continue reading

“My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not harmed me…” Daniel 6:22 There was no dramatic escape. No fiery chariot. No divine lightning strike to destroy Daniel’s enemies. There was just a night in a pit… surrounded by lions… with no wounds. That’s the kind of miracle we often… Continue reading

“And Samuel said to Jesse, ‘Are these all the boys?’ And he said, ‘The youngest is still left, but behold, he is tending the sheep.’ … So he sent word and brought him in… and the Lord said, ‘Arise, anoint him; for this is he.’” 1 Samuel 16:11–12 David wasn’t even invited to the ceremony.… Continue reading

“‘Go to the sea and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a coin.’” Matthew 17:27 It was a simple question:\ “Does your Teacher not pay the temple tax?” Peter, caught off guard, quickly says yes. But the conversation wasn’t over.… Continue reading

“For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong… stood before me, saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul… God has graciously granted you all those who are sailing with you.’” Acts 27:23–24 Paul had been faithful. He was doing God’s will. And yet he was in a storm so violent it… Continue reading

“Did we not throw three men bound into the middle of the fire?\… Look! I see four men untied and walking about in the middle of the fire without harm, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods!” Daniel 3:24–25 They were thrown into the fire, not delivered from it.… Continue reading

“When she could no longer hide him, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.” Exodus 2:3 Moses’ life didn’t begin with greatness. It began with threat. Pharaoh had commanded… Continue reading