Beyond Miracles and on to Jesus!

by Dr. Adrian Rogers

I believe in miracles, but I trust in Jesus. If you believe the Bible, you know
that God is a miracle-working God. And God is not limited in any degree nor any
respect. He is totally sovereign. Do you believe that? I hope you do. Believe in
miracles, but don't put your faith in miracles. Put your faith and your trust i
n the Lord Jesus Christ.

Let's look at the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand as recorded in Joh
n 6. Great multitudes were following Jesus at that time, but why? John 6:2 gives
us the answer, "And a great multitude followed him, because they saw His miracl
es which He did on them that were diseased" (italics mine). It is because they s
aw His miracles. And people do that today, do they not? Now there are three thin
gs I want you to see about moving beyond miracles and on to Jesus...

There Is No Problem Too Big For Jesus To Solve

Do you have a problem today? Read John 6:1-14. There was a monumental problem th
at day â 5,000 hungry people and hardly a bite of food! Jesus said to Phillip, "Wh
ence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?" And Phillip answered, "Two hundred
pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take
a little."
Now why did Jesus ask Phillip where they were going to buy bread? Was it because
Jesus was seeking advice? No, John says that Jesus knew what He was going to do
. Was He trying to learn something about Phillip? No, He already knew all about
Phillip. Jesus wanted Phillip to gain some insight into himself. Phillip calcula
ted the cost of feeding the people, but He left Jesus out of the equation.
You may have a very serious problem. Take that problem and double it. Now, doubl
e it again. Now, I want to ask you a question. Is it too big for God? Of course
not. He is the Lord. The first part of Genesis 18:14 says, "Is any thing too har
d for the LORD?" Put this down big, plain, and straight. There is no problem too
big for Jesus to solve. Do you believe that? I hope you do.
There Is No Person Too Small For Jesus To Use
When Jesus solves problems, He uses people. Who was the person Jesus used in the
miracle recorded in John 6? A little lad. Andrew, Simon Peter's brother found s
omeone, "There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishe
s: but what are they among so many" (John 6:9).
Here was a little lad and a little lunch. Meager in quantity, meager in quality,
but the Lord Jesus blessed and fed the multitude with this little lad's lunch.
And Jesus is blessing and feeding you and me today, two thousand years later.
Do you think this little lad went away hungry? When he gave it all to the Lord J
esus, then Jesus gave back to him. You cannot "out-give" God. Luke 6:38 says, "G
ive, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken toge
ther, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measur
e that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again."
God is not asking you to give what you don't have, He's asking you to give what
you do have. God specializes in doing extraordinary things with ordinary people.
You may be too big for God to use but you'll never be to small for God to use!
There Is No Hunger Too Deep For Jesus To Satisfy
After Jesus fed the five thousand, He gave the message in the miracle â to go beyo
nd the miracle and on to Himself. Open your Bible and read John 6:22-65.
Jesus said, "The only reason you want Me is because of the bread and the fish."
In John 6:27, He gives them a command, "Labour not for the meat which perisheth,
but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man sh
all give unto you: for Him hath God the Father sealed."
Then said they to Him, "What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?"
(John 6:28). Jesus answered, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him wh
om He hath sent" (John 6:29). This is what it's all about. That we believe on th
e Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus said, "I am the bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; an
d he that believeth on Me shall never thirstâ (John 6:35). Here is the message in
the miracle. Jesus. You should seek nothing more, you should settle for nothing
less.
You need Jesus â not some creed, code, or cause. You don't go beyond Jesus. You ma
y go deeper into Jesus, but you'll never go beyond Jesus. The table is set. Come
and dine.