From Mundane To Miracle

Expected the Unexpected — Week 1: From Mundane to Mircale

(• Bible Engagement Live, Volume 4)

Theme: When we learn to welcome God into the interruptions of our everyday life, He takes what feels ordinary and unexpected and turns it into something supernatural.

INTRODUCTION

Good morning, church family.

Today we’re stepping into a brand-new series from the Bible Engagement Project called “Expect the Unexpected.” And honestly… doesn’t that describe life pretty well?

I mean, how many of you planned out your week… and then your week said, “Yeah, that’s cute. Try again.”

Life has this way of handing us interruptions.

Moments that weren’t on our calendar.

Conversations we didn’t think we had time for.

Needs we didn’t expect to walk into.

Situations we didn’t ask for.

And yet—over and over again—those are the places God loves to work.

Not the moments where everything is controlled, scheduled, predictable…

but the moments where something unexpected shows up and we choose to slow down long enough to see God in it.

This whole series is rooted in one simple truth:

God’s power often shows up in the interruptions we didn’t plan.

And today we look at an interruption that changed a man’s life, ignited a miracle, and opened a door for the gospel no one saw coming.

Peter and John… on an ordinary day… doing an ordinary thing… when God placed an interruption right in front of them and said,

“Pay attention. I’m in this moment.”

TRANSITION TO SCRIPTURE

If you have your Bible, go with me to Acts 3: 1-11

Let’s look at a moment that seemed like a regular day—until God stepped in.

1) God Often Works In The Moments We Don’t Notice

Acts 3 opens with what looks like a normal Tuesday.

Peter and John are doing something completely ordinary — going to the temple at the hour of prayer. Not a mission trip. Not a special gathering. Not a revival service. Just… routine faithfulness.

And a man—lame since birth—is being carried to the gate called Beautiful.

Same spot.

Same routine.

Same request for money.

Same story every single day.

Nothing looked special.

But God loves to step into the moments that feel “unspecial.”

Moments we might overlook.

Moments we might rush past.

Truth is:

Most divine appointments don’t look divine at first.

They look inconvenient. Interruptive. Out of the way.

We pray, “God, use me!”

But sometimes the moment He chooses doesn’t feel convenient.

Sometimes the miracle begins with someone you didn’t want to talk to…

or a situation you didn’t expect…

or a need you didn’t think you had time for.

MODERN ILLUSTRATION — THE DOORDASH PRAYER

I read a story of a pastor who ordered DoorDash. He didn’t want to talk; he just wanted food. He tried to quickly grab the bag and close the door—but the delivery driver said, “Hey man… could you pray for me? My wife left me this morning.”

He almost missed it.

But that unexpected interruption was the actual ministry of the night.

Church — sometimes what we call an interruption; God calls an assignment.

2) God Calls Us To See Whole People, Not Just Their Need

The beggar calls out for money.

He thinks he knows what he needs.

He thinks he knows what Peter and John have to offer.

But Scripture says Peter looked straight at him and said, “Look at us!”

Before Peter gave the man anything…

he gave him attention.

He didn’t see a problem.

He didn’t see a burden.

He didn’t see an inconvenience.

He saw a person.

One of the most Christlike things you can do in today’s world is to actually see people.

Look them in the eye.

Give attention.

Show presence.

Healing often begins when someone realizes,

“Someone sees me.”

Peter and John didn’t have money.

But they had something better:

the presence and power of Jesus.

BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATION — JESUS SEES WHO OTHERS MISS

There’s a moment in the Gospels where Jesus comes face-to-face with someone drowning in grief…

and the way He responds shows us exactly how God sees people.

If you’ve got your Bible, turn with me to Luke chapter 7, and let’s read this together.

I want to read this straight from my Bible.

READ: Luke 7:11–15

Notice something powerful here:

Jesus didn’t wait for her to ask for help.

She didn’t pray a prayer.

She didn’t shout for Him.

She didn’t run to Him.

His compassion was triggered simply because He saw her.

He didn’t just see a funeral procession —

He saw a widow whose entire world had fallen apart.

He saw her story, her fear, her loneliness, her future…

and it moved Him to action.

And church — this is exactly what we’re talking about.

This is what it looks like to see whole people, not just their immediate need.