Mind Those Miracles
Don’t judge truth by miracles, lest you sadly be deceived,
For Satan, via miracles, many a web has weaved.
Throughout our earth’s history, Satan’s sought to Christians fool,
By copying the genuine, (as deceit is his main tool).
We’re warned in Revelation that Satan will attempt to fool
All of earth’s inhabitants before Christ comes back to rule.
He’s hoping for that homage that the Lord alone is due,
So he’ll be using trickery, (like false miracles), right on cue.
The devil has his agents who assist him in deceit,
Thus, we shouldn’t be surprised if such ones in church we meet.
For we’re told there’ll be false prophets who’ll seek to lead astray,
And clearly -- such false leaders -- miracles will also display.
Some are seen on television, making the erroneous claim
That they have power to heal or deliver in God’s name.
They tell of their successes, but seldom, if ever, reveal
Any solid evidence that their miracles are real.
It seems that such faith-healers are popping up everywhere,
And sadly, folk are falling for these things they see and hear.
The one’s supposedly healed topple backwards to the ground,
Unlike healings that took place when Christ healed the ill and bound.
We need to be very careful, (lest we mistake error for truth),
And not just look for miracles when it comes to seeking proof.
Both evidence and prophet should harmonize with God’s Word,
So check out very thoroughly whatever you’ve seen or heard.
God did not create this earth to constantly interfere
With the laws of cause and effect that we experience here.
Thus, true miraculous healing will be comparatively rare,
And only where it’s God’s will, will such miracles appear.
Yes, whatever is requested, God only grants if it’s His will,
As some things that we ask for, aren’t things that love would fulfill.
The Lord in His great wisdom only does what He thinks best,
Hence why He may deny us certain things that we request.
God never said that our suffering (on earth) He’d remove,
And Paul’s denied request -- this very point here -- goes to prove.
Removing our suffering, character would hardly build,
Hence, suffering serves a purpose in our fallen sin-sick world.
But no matter how spectacular miracles may be,
They aren’t always proof of the Divine, nor can we trust all we see.
The reasons for our belief should only be found in Jesus,
The Way, the Truth, and the Life -- He, who’d never deceive us.
So beware that old devil who works miracles and signs
(Via earthly instruments) in order to steal hearts and minds.
Yes, amazing things you’ll see, just before the Lord arrives,
As Satan, working miracles, deludes and thus claims lives.
God’s wanting faithful Christians who’ll obey and trust His Word;
Those whose faith is in Him, not the miracles seen and heard.
Such, trusting in the solid "Rock," will see with eyesight keen
Just what Satan's up to, and only on the "Rock" will lean.
By Lance Landall