Still In The Miracle Business

Still in the Miracle Business

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. Matthew 4:23, NIV

Coaches and teams often talk about “trap games,” games against an inferior opponent, usually with a much better opponent immediately following that game. We tend to fall into the “trap” of looking past the next game to the one that follows. And in the process, we often lose.

The danger, of course, is complacency. We forget about what is right before us or take it for granted, and the next thing we know, we’ve missed an opportunity. It happens all the time in our daily lives. We go so fast through each day, looking past the blessings and opportunities of today, focusing on what we think will be great moments tomorrow.

In today’s verse, we are reminded that Christ went around the countryside performing miracle after miracle. Yet after a while the people began to take Jesus and His miracles for granted, like they were nothing really special. There are so many miracles we could list from the Old and New Testament that you’d think would have astonished the witnesses when they occurred, and should astonish us when we read about them today.

Or have we become a bit complacent? Do we believe in miracles? Do we believe that God is still performing miracles in the world around us? Or do we simply believe that they are a biblical phenomenon and that life today is controlled by the laws of nature, science, and man?

Just like the probability of missing the worthy opponent in a “trap” game, the probability is slim to none that we will ever notice God’s miracles in our lives if we don’t believe that God is still in the “miracle business.”

But He is.

And I suspect that if you’re anything like me, you’ve missed many of them.

Let’s not let that happen this week. I have word, from a reliable source, that the week unfolding before us is destined to be another record-setting week for God’s miracles that will take place in our lives. Of course, they happen on His time and in His ways, not ours. As Miracle Max said in the movie The Princess Bride, “You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles.”

But this isn’t a fairy tale. God is still performing miracles, if only we will notice.

Anticipate them, notice them, embrace them, and cherish them. Try to count them if you dare—but I suspect you’ll lose track.

But most important, thank God for them.

Uncommon Key > Watch for God’s miracles in your life, starting today. Don’t allow yourself to be complacent by looking past His blessings.