The Nonmiraculous Miracles

Monday, June 26, 2023

Matthew 25 says, "When I was hungry you fed Me, thirsty you gave Me to drink, a stranger you took Me in, naked you clothed Me, sick you visited Me, in prison you came to Me." He didn't say, you called down manna from heaven, you spoke to the rock and water gushed out or you laid hands on Me and healed Me. Isn't it easier to call down miracles? It's possible. So why not here? Sometimes God restrains miracles so you can be part of the answer. He wants to do something greater. Manna coming from heaven is a miracle. So is loving and buying someone food. In some way that's even more Messiah-like. Often you have a problem in life with no immediate answer, because God wants you to rise up and be part of it. He wants your whole life involved in the answer. Getting manna from heaven won't necessarily make you more like Messiah, but loving, blessing and giving in righteousness will. When you don't see the miracle coming out of heaven, it's a sign that now the miracle is to come out of another place.

From Message #462 - The Beloved Physician