Miracles

It’s A Miracle

I remember years ago watching a shameful TV program about a healing evangelist at a meeting. Like rabbits out of a hat, the evangelist produced ‘testimony’ after ‘testimony’ and, like clockwork, he would turn his fake smile to the TV camera and yell, “It’s a Miracle!” The band would play and everyone cheered and clapped. Then they made their appeal for money. It was so sham it was laughable, but they seemed to get away with it. No doubt one or two of the healings were genuine but, apparently, most were ‘plants’ among the audience.

Let me tell you about real miracles. The average adult human being in Western Europe or America probably has around 30 to 40 miracles even getting to adulthood. The first two, three or four are in the conception, development and birth of the baby. Then there are the miracles of survival through childhood, school, and pre-adult years. Miracles of survived accidents, misadventures, illnesses, scrapes and near-misses. Through young adulthood, when we are at our strongest and fittest, there are more miracles, as there are throughout the course of a life lived even to very average fullness.

What I’m getting at here is that miracles don’t have to be big, stunning, world defying events. Miracles occur every day of our lives. The biggest miracle is a life lived in the watchful gaze of a loving Father God who spared nothing, not even His own Son, so that we might build a relationship with Him and receive everlasting life. A new baby is another wonderful every day miracle.

Don’t turn your nose up at the miracles around you. Miracles of provision for those unable to provide for themselves. Miracles of faith for the ones who give their lives to Jesus each day. Miracles of deliverance for those who finally give up smoking or drinking or worse, after the prayers of righteous friends. Miracles of growth and life as we plant seeds and see the fruit of our planting.

Be thankful for each and every miracle we see in our daily lives. We have so much to be grateful and thankful for. What does the old song say? “Count your blessings, count them one by one.” Certainly give God praise and glory for the healings and provision of the mighty miracles, but give Him praise and glory too for all the little things we so often take for granted. After all, we would be quick enough to ask Him for them if they didn’t happen, wouldn’t we?

As the old hymn puts it - “To God be the Glory, great things He has done.”