The Miracle of Faith

What?

I’ve been asking God and waiting on Him for a miracle healing. I have received His miracles throughout my life, so I know they are real. I want a miraculous, supernatural healing because I believe God can do it.

I know God can heal and restore, and I want it done for me! But in our time together this week, my Father God gave me insight into a different kind of miracle that I hadn’t thought of — The Miracle of Faith.

Of course I want to receive the healing miracle I can see and feel. But the true miracle is not just receiving the actual healing. The true miracle is that I continue to have faith in God even if I am not healed in the way I expect. For faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of the things we can’t yet see (Hebrews 11:1).

God speaks:

God had me thinking 🤔. If faith is believing enough to get us what we want, then it’s our own efforts manifesting what we want to see happen. I’m believing for the desired thing so God will give it to me instead of having faith in Him to give me what He chooses.

Yet, Jesus did call out those of little faith (Matthew 8:26). Without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6) and if we don’t ask we don’t get, right? (Matthew 7:7)

Why it matters:

Wanting to receive a miracle was about seeing and sharing God’s supernatural ability, but I turned the focus onto myself. Is my faith in the all-knowing, all-powerful God Himself, or is my faith in the miracle I know He can do for me? The latter is actually me attempting to be God because I’m indirectly telling Him how He is to answer because of my faith in Him.

But God, being the wise Father that He is, knows my motives. He lovingly shows me my thought patterns and my blindsidedness to the unbeknownst, crafty ways I have devised to get Him to perform the miracle I think He ought to give me.

So, here I sit waiting for a miracle healing and wanting to know what God will do for me. But, I don’t sit in this waiting space hopeless or helpless. I wait with peace and confidence in my God who is able to do immeasurably more than what I can ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20). I’ll let Him be God and do what He chooses to do because He is God, whether I understand or agree with His ways or not (Isaiah 55:8-9).

Every time I question and doubt his miracles, I can decide to exercise faith in God by releasing my understanding and letting go of what makes logical sense to me. I’m guilty of having faith in the answer I think God wants to give. I think I’m the one in control of my problem, my pain, and my predicament. I try to be God by exalting myself to His divine position of authority and control. Except for the fact that I am a lowly, needy, and desperate created being, not the Creator God.

I am zealous for God and it perturbs me that those who claim to know Him doubt His power to heal when they claim to believe in His resurrection power. Somehow, this zeal turned into self-righteousness because I wanted to be right about how God does miracles. Again, I made it all about me….as if I can control God and tell Him how to act and what to do! (Job 21:22)

What now?

I see now how the heart is truly deceived, above all else (Jeremiah 17:9). What can I do but acknowledge my pride in thinking that I am you, Lord? I ask your forgiveness for the hidden sins that you have brought into the light for me to see. Thank you that you didn’t let sin rule over me to ruin me! (Psalm 119:133)

Where is another God like you, who pardons the guilty? You do not stay angry with me forever because you delight in showing unfailing love. Once again, you have compassion on me. You trample my sin under your feet and throw them into the depths of the oceans!! You have shown me your faithfulness and unfailing love as you promised long ago. I know you forgive me because my guilt is gone! What joy I have because my arrogance is forgiven and my sin is put out of your sight! You will guide me along the best pathway for my life. You will advise me and watch over me. Your unfailing love surrounds me because I trust you, Lord. (Micah 7:18-20), (Psalm 32)

Yes, we want to be the recipients of God’s miracles. But let us not miss the miracle we already have right now. The miracle of faith we can have in believing and trusting in the Lord God, who is always present with us, even if we don’t ever receive the physical healing we ask of Him for this earthly life.

For The Miracle of Faith in God is what will hold us up and together to carry us to the end of our days here on earth 🙌🙏.