Application:
Jesus' miracles show us that He is never too busy or too far away
to hear us and meet our needs.
Bible Text:
From Luke and John's Gospels.
Lesson:
Jesus performed many miracles so that people would know that He was the
Son of God. A miracle is something only God can do. You
cannot make people better, or forgive them for all the bad things
they have done. Can you? No, but God gave Jesus the
power to do these things. And so I'm going to tell you about
some of the miracles that Jesus did.
Feeding the Five Thousand:
One day Jesus was preaching to a large crowd of people and when evening
came, the disciples were worried because the only food they had were
five loaves of bread and two fish. Jesus said, "Bring them to
Me", and taking the five loaves and the two fish, He prayed over them
and blessed them. And then He broke them into pieces and gave
them to the disciples to give to the people.
Peter was so surprised that the bread and fishes kept growing as fast
as he could give it to people all around him. I'm sure he went
faster and faster and shouted, "Quick, take what you want!
Hurry up now!" He wanted to see if the bread would run out!
But, it didn't, and he was amazed to see that all of the five
thousand people ate until they were full and there was still plenty
of food left over!
Walking on Water:
One evening, Jesus' disciples were in a boat far out on the lake, and
Jesus came to them walking on the water. Peter's eyes nearly
popped out of his head. "Lord," he shouted, "If it is You,
tell me come to You on the water." Jesus answered, "Come".
Peter jumped up excitedly, nearly overturning the boat in his
haste and climbed over the side of the boat and put one foot on the
water. It did not sink! So he placed his other foot on
the water and bounced up and down a little. It was like
walking on jelly.
"This is fun", he thought as he looked up at Jesus and took some steps
towards Him. Just then a wave crashed at his feet and splashed
all over him. Suddenly Peter was afraid and beginning to sink,
he cried out, "Lord, save me!" Jesus reached out His hand and
caught Peter. "Oh man of little faith", said Jesus, "Why did
you doubt?" When they got back into the boat, the wind stopped
and those in the boat said to Jesus, "Truly You are the Son of
God."
Jairus' Daughter:
Jesus healed those who came to Him and believed in Him. Once a
man called Jairus came to Jesus and fell at His feet saying, "Lord,
my little daughter is dying, please come and put Your hands on
her so that she will be healed and live." His plea touched the
heart of Jesus and He replied, "Yes, I will go with you," And
so Jesus went with Jairus, and the disciples and a large crowd
followed. As they came near to Jairus' house, some men came out
and said to Jairus, "Your daughter is dead, so why bother the teacher
any more?"
But Jesus ignored them and told Jairus, "Don't be afraid Jairus, just
believe." And when they came to the house, people were weeping
loudly. But Jesus went inside and asked, "What is all
this wailing about? The child is not dead but asleep."
The people laughed at Jesus and so He put them all outside and shut
the door. He then went into the child's room with Jairus, his
wife and the disciples. Jesus took her by the hand and said,
"Little girl, I say to you, get up!" Immediately the girl stood
up and walked around the room to their complete astonishment!
Jairus could not believe his eyes and hugged his daughter.
"Master", he would have said, "You have given me back my beloved
daughter!" And Jesus answered him, "Whoever comes to Me I will
never drive away."
Praying to Jesus:
In the same way as Jairus, you can reach out to Jesus as well.
He is never too busy or too far away to hear you speak to Him.
When we feel sick, or sad or even angry, we can whisper to Jesus,
"Please help me." And Jesus will help us, make us better and help
us to feel good inside again.
God bless.