The angel Gabriel said of John the Baptist: "Many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." (Luke 1:16-17)
When we think of the power of Elijah our minds rest on the wonderful miracles that were wrought by him. He shut up and opened heaven, brought down fire, divided the waters of the river, and raised the dead.
John "did no miracle," yet all the power that Elijah had was manifested in him. In what way? In the word that he preached. The power of God is not always shown in what are commonly called miracles.
He who has the word of God dwelling in him, has the miracle by which alone all miracles were ever performed.--Present Truth, February 1, 1894--Timeline: Nativity-1 (The Announcement to Zacharias)--Luke 1:16-17.