Reflection: Miracles/signs/wonders
(continue reading this awesome account in Exodus 19:16-19)
“A man in white appeared to me and said, ‘Go to the mission hospital.’” Numerous times we heard this story from people living way up in the Himalayan hills of Pakistan. When God draws people to himself through dreams and visions, when he defies nature and comes out the hero…well, who doesn’t love a good miracle! Awesome God!
And doesn’t it feel great to be assured. Look back and remember my unrivalled power, was God’s comfort to his rescued people. Remember Egypt: the plague episodes, the dramatic escape, the ‘horse and rider hurled into the Sea’. Look back, and then trust me. Be faithful to me.
Who doesn’t love a good miracle? Like a gourmet meal, it’s both sensational and satisfying. But miracles are not our bread and butter. Jesus’ problem with people who want to feed on degustation meals — people who need the sensational along with the satisfying — is that they lack faith.
The Bible is awash with miracles to rehearse. There are modern day signs and wonders too — each one an attention-getter to trust our awesome God. But to a miracle-hungry crowd Jesus once said, You traitors! You just want a magic show. (Matthew 12:39)
Prayer: Wonder-working God, supernaturally draw people to yourself today from all corners of the world. May they feast on you —the bread of life and living water. Satisfy them and me as we come in faith, to feed on Christ in our hearts with thanksgiving.