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The potential for miracles exists today

November

What is a miracle? A miracle occurs when God meets the need of someone here on
earth.
Author Bruce Wilkinson points out that there are three ways that God creates
miracles: God can directly cause a miracle, God can use angels or God can use a human
being, who partners with God. Do you want to partner with God to cause a miracle? You
can. All you have to do is to be open to let God use you daily.
As I sat in the Lancaster Bible College alumni audience at the Arizona Biltmore last
week, I heard Wilkinson say, “God nudges you; God turns on a light; God opens your
eyes; God uses signals. However, only six people out of 1,000 will respond to God’s
calling.”
We do not react because we show unbelief. We must be proactive just as Jesus was
proactive. “God anointed Jesus … with the Holy Spirit and with power … He went about
doing good and healing …” (Acts 10:38). “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He
has anointed Me” (Luke 4:18).
First, we must be like Jesus in what we do daily. We must live mindfully as described
by Jon Kabat-Zinn and the Vietnamese monk, Thich Nhat Hanh. The past is gone; the
future has not yet come; we only have this moment. Pay attention to this moment. Is God
urging you to be part of a miracle?
“You will hear it,” Wilkinson says, “and no one else will; the thought will come out
of the blue. It will be directional.” Just as Moses procrastinated and felt afraid, you will,
too. Someone with a need will be present, and the Holy Spirit will grab your attention.
The need will be met through you, and you will remain silent as God gets the glory.
Cues and invitations are everywhere. Let us not huddle in the corner thinking we are
worthless. The Rev. Michael Orr recently preached that we say, “I’m no good,” and God
says, “Yes, you are.” We reply, “No, I’m not.”
The Bible is full of miracles, and we can be part of miracles every day, if we live
mindfully like Jesus.
Michael C. Rann and Elizabeth Rann Arrott take a more scientific approach to
miracles, writing that we are wired for miracles, that we are not victims in a ruthless
universe, or at least we don’t have to be. They say the principles underlying miracles
have been here, but the awareness of man’s part in the miracle-making process is
comparatively recent (the last 150 years). Rann and Arrott are quick to point out that
recent findings in quantum physics support the principles underlying miracles, that up
until now, science- and faith-based anything have been 180 degrees apart.
When we combine contemporary scientific data with ancient writings, it becomes
crystal clear that we must take responsibility for what we carefully and mindfully think
and do. God is not stingy with power; receive God’s power and realize the Holy Spirit’s
greatness within you.