John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the

Word was God. Luke 2:6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were 

accomplished that she should be delivered. 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, 

and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no 

room for them in the inn. John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, 

(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace 
and 

truth.

In a recent number of the "Sunday School Times" a story is told of an Eastern king which 

illustrates at once our delusion respecting natural processes, and also God's work and 
presence in 

them. The king was seated in a garden, and one of his counselors was speaking of the 
wonderful 

works of God. "Show me a sign," said the king, "and I will believe." "Here are four 
acorns," said 

the counselor, "will you, Majesty, plant them in the ground, and then stoop down for a 
moment 

and look into this clear pool of water?" The king did so, "Now," said the other, "look up." 
The 

king looked up and saw four oak-trees where he had planted the acorns. "Wonderful!" he 

exclaimed, "this is indeed the work of God." "How long were you looking into the 
water?" asked 

the counselor. "Only a second," said the king. "Eighty years have passed as a second," 
said the 

other. The king looked at his garments; they were threadbare. He looked at his reflection 
in the 

water; he had become an old man. "There is no miracle here, then," he said angrily. 
"Yes," said 

the other, "it is God's work, whether he did it in one second or in eighty years."

Are we not like this king? Don't we overlook the fact that miracles happen in nature all 

around us. I look at the grass and think how it is so nice not to have to mow anymore for 
the 

year. But then in the spring I start to complain about the grass starting to grow again. I 
over 

look the miracle of that grass regenerating itself. Turning the tan dreary landscape green 
again. I 

need to stop and acknowledge the miracle taking place under my feet. Nature is 
constantly 

performing miracles around us. 

There is a story about an alcoholic who became a believer. A friend was asking how he 

could possibly believe all the nonsense in the Bible about miracles. "You don't believe 
that Jesus 

changed the water into wine do you?"the friend asked. "I sure do," replied the Christian 
"because 

in our house Jesus changed the whiskey into furniture." This man had experienced God's 
power 

to change lives. The man had been spending all his money on something that was 
destroying him 

and his family. After Jesus touched his heart he was able to use the money he had been 
wasting 

on liquor to buy useful things for his home and family.

Don't we sometimes overlook the miracles that take place in hearts when Jesus touches 

them? In this man's case the change is extreme. We like testimonies like this man's. They 
are 

interesting, and exciting. However, the miracle that took place in my son's heart when he 

accepted Christ to be his savior was no less amazing. Just because my seven year old son 
was not 

rescued from a life of drinking, or drugs, or gambling, does not mean that his salvation 
was any 

less miraculous. Any time God saves someone it should be looked at as a miracle. When 
Jesus 

Christ come to live in a human, it is definitely a miracle. It is our nature to overlook this 
type of 

miracle, it hides because it is not as spectacular as some other types of salvations.

There was a story about the pope visiting a hospital. Everybody there was awaiting a visit 
from Pope John Paul II. Because of all 

the excitement there was little room to do the routine work of the hospital. There was 
security everywhere, and very little room for 

those who were working. A doctor with a handful of paperwork took a seat in a 
wheelchair and busied himself with his notes. As the 

Pope swept in, he saw the doctor sitting in a wheel chair. Thinking it was a sick patient 
the Pope stopped and blessed the doctor, 

who immediately stood up and walked forward. The devout in the Pope's entourage 
crossed themselves and turned their eyes 

upward thanking God for the miracle. We know there was no miracle healing that took 
place, but there was a miracle present there. 

The miracle took place years before. As a young woman carried the baby that would one 
day become this doctor the miracle took 

place. Cells split, and split, and split, guided by the hand of God some cells became a 
brain that would one day learn medicine. 

Some of the cells became fingers that would one day hold a scalpel. And, some of those 
cells became feet and legs that allowed 

the doctor to stand and walk. That was the miracle. 

    We overlook the miracle that is our body. It does things without thinking that millions 
of 

dollars worth of robotic technology cannot do with a programmer working full time on it. 

Something as simple as our hand is impossible to replicate outside of a mother's womb. 
Don't 

we take our miraculous bodies for granted?

    Think about your husband or wife. What are the chances that you would meet the 
person 

next to you fall in love and live the rest of your lives with them? Think of all the other 
people in 

the world and then realize the miracle it was to meet and marry the one God had for you. 
I think 

about all the things that had to happen in order for me to meet my wife, much less marry 
her. I 

had to move to a city that I had never even heard of, and go to work at a police 
department where 

she just happened to work. We began working the same shift together, and became 
friends. All 

this seems simple but think about what could have happened. I could have gone to work 
an any 

of the other departments where I applied. She could have worked anywhere else also, and 
we 

could have worked any shift but midnights together and never have had the chance to 
become 

friends, much less fall in love. It is a miracle when God works the circumstances so that 
His will 

is done.

    Think about your children. Are they not miracles? How can two people come together 

and produce something so different from themselves that grows up to be so much like 
one of the 

parents. Look at some other children and know that it is a miracle that you have your 
children 

and not theirs. We often overlook miracles, don't we?

    Here at Christmas time we think about a lot of miracles. There is the Star, the Virgin 

Birth, Angels talking to humans, and all the other special events that come to mind at 
Christmas. 

But even at Christmas we over look miracles.

    In his book, Science Speaks, Peter Stoner applies the modern science of probability to 
just 

eight prophecies regarding Christ. He says, "The chance that any man might have 
...fulfilled all 

eight prophecies is one in 10 to the 17th. That would be 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000." 
(one 

hundred quadrillion) Stoner suggests that "we take 10 to the 17th silver dollars and lay 
them on 

the face of Texas. They will cover all of the state 2 feet deep. Now mark one of these 
silver 

dollars and stir the whole mass thoroughly... Blindfold a man and tell him he can travel as 
far as he 

wishes, but he must pick up [that one marked silver dollar.] What chance would he have 
of 

getting the right one?" Stoner concludes, "Just the same chance that the prophets would 
have had 

of writing those eight prophecies and having them all come true in any one 
man,...providing they 

wrote them in their own wisdom."

    That is not the only overlooked miracle at Christmas. Think about what a miracle it 
was 

for Jesus to be born in Bethlehem. Joseph had to have been from there so that when the 
census 

was called for he would have to return there. Caesar had to call for the census at just the 
right 

time. Mary had to make a safe trip there. One misstep by her donkey and Jesus would 
probably 

been born on the side of the road somewhere. God had His hand on the entire operation. 
Don't 

we overlook that miracle at Christmas time? 

    We over look many miracles every day. However, we as Christians, and the world 

especially overlook the greatest miracle of all time. This miracle over shadows all other 
miracles 

combined. It makes creation look easy, it make the raising of the dead child's play. What 
is this 

miracle? Well, it is the fact that Jesus, God's Son, traded His Heavenly life for a earthly 
life. In 

one moment in time the hands that formed the planets, hung the stars in the sky, and 
formed our 

Universe, became helpless hands that could not even grasp the straw from the manger 
that was his 

bed. Hands that moments before accepted the praise of angels became plump little hands 
that his 

mother loved to kiss. Jesus, God's son had become a man. As miraculous as this is it is 
not the 

most important part. Not only did Jesus become a man He became a man for only one 
purpose. 

He came to be our Savior. You see God knew what it would take to reconcile man to 
Him, and 

He provided it. If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an 
educator; 

If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist; If our 
greatest need 

had been money, God would have sent us an economist; If our greatest need had been 
pleasure, 

God would have sent us an entertainer; But our greatest need was forgiveness, so God 
sent us a 

Savior. This is the miracle we overlook most often, God came to earth in the form of 
Jesus just 

to reconcile us to Him.

    God wants nothing less than for us to acknowledge this miracle and take Him up on 
His 

offer. Don't you need to look at this baby and see God's love for you. Come to Him today.



Don Galloway

Beulah Anna Baptist Church
dg@digitalexp.com