The Expectation of Miracles

A few years ago, the Gospel group the Clark Sisters, put out a song entitled "I'm Looking for A Miracle". I want to ask, are you looking for a Miracle today? Better yet, not only are you looking but are you expecting a Miracle? I don't know of too many people, saved or unsaved, that could not use a Miracle in their lives. Whether it be physical, relational, financial or vocational; everybody could stand to see God's Supernatural Intervention in their lives. However, Miracles for many of us, and I'm talking about Christians, is more of the exception but not the rule. We say things like "it was a miracle that the Lord woke me up this morning". That's not true. Just like it's not a miracle that you're breathing or thinking (unless God intervened supernaturally for you to do those things), it's not a miracle that you woke up this morning. Why do I say that? Because God did not have to stretch the Natural Order of things in order to get you up. I didn't say God wasn't responsible, I said that God didn't perform a Miracle.

I'm stressing this point because if we continue to mis-define what Miracles are, we won't know what to expect, let alone how to access and receive Miracles when God does perform them. A Miracle is a Supernatural Act of God that overrides the Natural Order that He has created. There is a Natural Realm and there is a Supernatural Realm. Most human beings operate strictly and solely in the Natural Realm. However, God has granted the privilege to His children (Christians) to operate in both. This is why if you're a believer in Christ, then you're not restricted to just functioning in the Natural Realm. You have access through faith in Jesus to operate in the Supernatural Realm as well. This is where Divine Miracles come from.

One of the reasons why the mainstream church does not witness more Miracles with a consistent degree of regularity is because of our conditioning and our lack of faith. In the church I grew up in, we were not taught to expect the Manifestation of the Miraculous when we would come to church. Not that we weren't taught that God is a Miracle-Working God, but we weren't taught to expect Miracles, let alone how to access them on our behalf. It's interesting that many churches will preach that scripture, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever" (Hebrews 13). When you look at the Ministry of Jesus, all He did was Miracles. That was the norm and the expectation of those who followed Him. So why aren't we witnessing more demonstration of the Miraculous in His church, if His Ministry hasn't changed?

Saints, we have to make an adjustment in our faith. I want to challenge you to just start expecting a Miracle. I'm not asking you to make some Radical Spiritual Shift; I'm just encouraging you to expect a Miracle. You know where you need God to intervene Supernaturally. It may be in your family, it may be in your finances, it may be in your health; but expect it. Then I want you to ask God specifically for a Miracle in your area of need. Don't tell Him what to do, and don't tell Him how to do it. Just ask God for a Miracle in your area of need, after you've established a level of expectation. I guarantee you, if you'll raise your level of faith expectation, God will show you demonstrably that He still works Miracles on behalf of His children.