May 18

“O God, your ways are holy.......you are the God of miracles and wonders!” (Psalm 77:13& 14). God demonstrated that truth over and over again throughout the Old Testament and the New Testament. He continues to demonstrate that truth even today. Day after day, God performs miracles all around us. Only those prepared to see them, will actually do so. Those not wanting to see God’s miracles will either miss them, or attribute their origin to some other source besides God. Take for instance, the Israelites crossing the Red Sea as they fled from the Egyptians (Exodus 14:15-31). The ungodly would prefer to believe that the waters parted because of an unusual changing of the tide, or some earthquake. They don’t even attempt to explain how the ground was immediately dry, allowing the Israelites to walk across right away. Neither do they attempt to explain how the waters returned to their original place at the precise moment the Israelites had completed their crossing, drowning the Egyptians who attempted to pursue them. To the rationally minded, it would seem that it takes more faith not to believe in the miracles of God than it does to believe in the God who regularly performs miracles.
How true it is, that we see what we are prepared to see, and hear what we are prepared to hear. Paul wrote to Titus, “Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are defiled” (Titus 1:15). In other words, someone whose mind is pure will see things differently from someone whose mind is corrupt. And likewise, someone who is prepared to see God’s hand in miracles will see miracles coming from God, while someone who refuses to believe in God must find another explanation for miracles besides God. When Martha suggested to the Lord that removing the stone from in front of her brother’s grave might be a mistake since he had already been dead for four days, Jesus reminded her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” (John 11:39&40).
It is important that we who believe in a miracle-working God, point out His miracles to those around us (Psalm 75:1). It is important that we share these miracles with our children so they, too, are prepared to see them (78:4). When we do, then each generation will find reason to put it's faith in God (78:5-7).