What of Miracles?
Sometimes things happen as a result of prayer that are far beyond what we would have expected, and we call them “miracles.” They happen when we get ourselves out of the way so that the activity of God can work freely. It is like removing the dam in a brook so that the water can tumble and flow where it will. These miracles are really natural outworkings of the activity of God, even when they take place instantaneously.
If we believe that we need a miracle in order to have something change in our lives (or someone else's), if we feel that only a miracle can help, then we are automatically limiting the power of our prayer. In focusing too specifically, we are ignoring the fact that the very nature of God is wholeness, abundance and love. As part of God's creation, we already have access to all that. To tap into these attributes is natural, not miraculous. To pray for a miracle is to see wholeness, abundance and love as the exceptions and not the rule.
Sometimes things happen as a result of prayer that are far beyond what we would have expected, and we call them “miracles.” They happen when we get ourselves out of the way so that the activity of God can work freely. It is like removing the dam in a brook so that the water can tumble and flow where it will. These miracles are really natural outworkings of the activity of God, even when they take place instantaneously.
If we believe that we need a miracle in order to have something change in our lives (or someone else's), if we feel that only a miracle can help, then we are automatically limiting the power of our prayer. In focusing too specifically, we are ignoring the fact that the very nature of God is wholeness, abundance and love. As part of God's creation, we already have access to all that. To tap into these attributes is natural, not miraculous. To pray for a miracle is to see wholeness, abundance and love as the exceptions and not the rule.
