The Wrong Way to React to Miracles (Part 1)

How would you react if you saw someone raised from the dead?  Would it amaze you or bore you?  You may consider this question absurd, but I have seen many Christians react with apathy when I tell them about a miracle that happened. 

One person told me he has been an eyewitness to numerous healings.  He has seen people get up out of wheelchairs and more than one person raised from the dead. Yet, he is unimpressed when it occurs.

Where does this lukewarm attitude come from?

It’s not that they don’t believe. They do believe God is the One Who did it.  At the same time, they consider it wise to be unconcerned with the miraculous, deeming it frivolous.  They consider it a distraction to their relationship with God.

Why is awe important?

They think that true faith is unmoved by stirring events.  Indeed, we should be unmoved by tribulations since they are the works of the devil.  On the other hand, a move of God calls for celebration!  He is all powerful and we are to praise Him for whom He is! 

This lack of wonder over God’s splendor is not obedience. Dismissing a miracle as nothing is rebellion, which grieves the Holy Spirit. To fear the Lord means to be in awe of His glory. That’s where wisdom begins.

Furthermore, thankfulness flows directly out of an awestruck heart. And remembering flows from thankfulness. True disciples will not forget the miracles God has given them. True disciples will yearn for the next encounter, not disregard the last as the Israelites did in the desert. 

The Israelites knew what they had was good. They knew Godly encounters got them out of Egypt. But, still, they rebelled.  They did not remember.  They did not fully drink it into their hearts. 

If a person doesn’t receive the miracle into their heart when it happens, how will they believe that God will ever do another one when they really need it?  Being thankful and remembering what He has done for you helps you to come to Him.  

If you don’t come to Him, you will never enter His rest.  If you don’t enter into His rest, you will never know Him.  And knowing Him is what it’s all about.  

Knowing Him is eternal life. 

John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.