John 3:2
"The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him."
A visitor came to Jesus at night to ask Him a question. This visitor was not an unknown person, but a religious leader of his day.
This man was Nicodemus. The question came in the form of a statement when he said, "...we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him." It is very interesting that Nicodemus knew that Jesus came from God. He understood that nobody could do the miracles that Jesus did without coming from God.
In the very next chapter a very similar story happened. Jesus was at Jacob's well, and a woman from Samaria came to draw water. The disciples were gone, and Jesus said to the woman, "Give me to drink." She was amazed that a Jew would ask a Samaritan for water because the Jews would not talk to the Samaritans. Through the discourse that Jesus had with this woman, He revealed this woman's sin of adultery to her. When Jesus exposed her sin she said, "Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet." This is amazing because Jesus never one time told her who He was. Yet, she perceived something different in Him.
In both of these stories Jesus did not have to tell who He was. In both cases these people quickly understood that He was from God. What was it that caused them to know that He was from God? In the first story Nicodemus recognized that He was from God because of the miracles that Jesus performed. Nobody could do these miracles except "God be with him." In the second story it was that Jesus proclaimed the truth without fear of what would happen. These two things caused them to know that Jesus was from God.
This world is in desperate need of people who are come from God. Churches need pastors who are come from God. Sunday school classes need teachers who are come from God. Christian schools need teachers and professors who are come from God. Children need parents who are come from God. Cities and neighborhoods need Christians who are come from God. Nations need preachers who are come from God. The greatest need this world has are people who are come from God.
What is it that will happen when someone comes from God? The miraculous will happen when someone is come from God. When someone is come from God, you will see God doing great things through them. They won't have to brag on themselves to tell everyone how great they are, for their works will reveal that God is with them. What is it that will show that someone is come from God? When people reveal truths that change lives, they will know you are come from God.
Friend, these things won't happen with a five minute reading of the Scriptures every day. It won't happen when you only spend a few minutes in prayer every day. No, the only way you will get the truths from the Scriptures you need to change lives is to live in the Scriptures. The only way you will see God perform the miraculous through your life is by spending much time in prayer with Him. God said this in Mark 9:29 when He says, "This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting."
Do people say about you that you are come from God? No, you are not Jesus, but He promised you can do greater works than He. Those greater works will not happen if you don't spend much time in the Scriptures and in prayer. There are people whom God leads across your path on a daily basis who need you to be a person who is come from God. I challenge you to take this truth and let it motivate you to spend so much time with God that people will say about you that you are come from God.