Acts 3 tells of a miracle that took place in a man lame from birth. Peter and John were minding their own business when suddenly Jesus reached out through them and set the lame man free. Everyone who saw the results began to look at Peter and John as if they had preformed the miracle. But Peter said (loose translation) ‘why do you look at us as if it was done by our power or our holiness?’ That’s the same mistake we make today when seeking the miraculous power of God. We think lst we must ‘find’ the power..through fasting, prayer, more meetings, more word, more seminars! All those things are great but often leave us cold in the power arena. Then we examine ourselves in the light of holiness which leads to more prayer and fasting and seminars.

All the time we’re on the quest for ‘perfecting’ ourselves to be vessels for miracles people are hurting and dying and in desparate need of God’s power.

Peter clearly solves the questioning of the crowd by simply saying ‘this miracle happened because of His Name..through FAITH in His Name’ . He quickly makes it plain that it isn’t even his own faith but the faith which is by Him.

He is describing the experience of being emptied of self and filled with all Jesus is including His Supernatural Faith that makes it natural to believe God so He can move through you as a conduit to do what He intends to do in the lst place.

Jesus is doing the same over the top miracles today. Rodney Howard Browne teaches us to contend for these kinds of encounters for people on the streets and in our church.