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The Miracle You Never Saw Coming

Fresh Life Church • Jun 30, 2025 • 27 min

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Summary

While we often pray for God to alter our external circumstances, God sometimes answers prayer by moving the internal mountain within our hearts instead of removing our physical or emotional trials. Drawing from the Apostle Paul's thorn in the flesh and personal tragedy, Pastor Levi Lusko demonstrates that God's sustaining grace during hardship is just as miraculous as physical healing. Though we live in the tension between present pain and eternal glory, we can rest knowing that our temporary afflictions are producing an eternal weight of glory.

Themes

Unanswered Prayer & God's SovereigntyStrength in WeaknessSustaining GraceEternal Perspective vs. Temporal SufferingIdentity in Christ

Pastor's Points

1.

Pain is a problem.

2.

Pain has a problem.

3.

Pain is not your problem.

Key Points

1.
Pain is a problem that every believer will face due to living in a fallen world and following Jesus.
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Pain has a problem because Jesus will work all things together for good, making present afflictions temporary compared to eternal glory.
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Pain is not your problem because you were bought at a price, meaning your life and burdens belong ultimately to God to redeem and manage.
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Living between Good Friday and Easter Sunday is like living on Saturday—a season of waiting where promises have been made but not yet fully realized.
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When God chooses not to remove an external trial, the miracle you never saw coming is the internal mountain He moves inside your heart.
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Sustaining grace in the middle of ongoing trials and unanswered prayer is every bit as miraculous as immediate physical healing.
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In His providence, God can redeem what in His sovereignty He could have prevented, using our thorn to display His strength.

Sermon Moments

“Sometimes the mountain that needs moving the most is inside you.”

“Living between Good Friday and Easter Sunday is like living in the quiet waiting of Saturday, holding fast to promises not yet fulfilled.”

“Sustaining grace in tragedy is every bit as miraculous as physical signs and wonders.”

“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains; pain is God's megaphone.”

“If the Lord does not pay in silver, He will pay in gold; and if He does not pay in gold, He will pay in diamonds.”

“In God's providence, He can redeem what in His sovereignty He could have prevented.”

“Because you were bought with a price, you belong to God—and that means your pain is ultimately His responsibility to manage and redeem.”

“Believers who have passed into glory are part of our future, not just our past; every passing day brings us closer to reunion.”

This Week

Bring your unanswered prayers and unresolved pain before God, choosing to trust His goodness even when your circumstances remain unchanged.

Reframe your physical, emotional, or situational weaknesses as opportunities for Christ's power to be made perfect in you.

Shift your daily perspective from visible, temporary afflictions to the unseen, eternal promises of scripture.

Surrender the ownership of your burdens to God, remembering that because you were bought with a price, your pain is ultimately His responsibility.

Practice praising God during your "Saturday" seasons—the waiting periods between a promise made and a promise fulfilled.

Rely on God's sustaining grace each day rather than demanding immediate relief or easy answers.

Actively notice, serve, and honor those living with physical ailments or disability, reflecting God's love and care to all.

Remember This

When God leaves a trial or thorn in place, the miracle is the profound internal transformation He works inside our hearts through His sufficient and sustaining grace.

A Challenge for You

As you consider what pain or unanswered prayer you are carrying, accept Jesus' invitation to trust Him in the tension of the already but not yet, knowing that complete healing is only a matter of time.

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