The Chosen and Friends: God With UsSample

The Miracle You Never Saw Coming
From Levi Lusko

What do you do when you pray for something with all your heart, and God doesn’t answer the way you hoped? When the mountain doesn’t move, even though your faith was real?

That’s the tension the Apostle Paul felt when he begged God to remove his thorn—and God said no. Instead, the Lord answered, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”

Some miracles happen to us, but others happen through us, even when we’re still carrying pain. That’s what makes the conversation in The Chosen between Jesus and Little James so powerful. Scripture never says James had a disability, but the imagined scene captures a truth woven throughout the Bible: God works through weakness. Paul preached with a thorn, and the show imagines James ministering in the shadow of his limitations. Even today, God chooses ordinary, everyday people—who are often navigating difficult circumstances—to carry His extraordinary power.

Sometimes the greatest miracle is not that God takes the pain away, but that He redeems it, sustains us through it, and uses us in spite of it.

We live in the “Saturday” space between the Cross and Resurrection—promises made but not fully fulfilled. The hurt is real, but so is the hope. One day, the lame will leap like deer. Healing will come. And until then, grace is enough.

Don’t mistake unanswered prayers for God’s absence. He is doing more than you know, even in the dark.

The miracle you never saw coming may be what He does inside you.

About the Author
Levi Lusko is the founder and lead pastor of Fresh Life Church and a best-selling author. He and his wife, Jennie, have one son and four daughters. Find resources and learn more at levilusko.com