Today's Miracle

Question to think about: If . . . you could have a miracle today . . . what would it be?

We go back to routine today. Routine is helpful after we have experienced several schedule changes from snow, ice, and of course the holidays. Routine produces stability and helps to develop a healthy rhythm of life. But . . . at the same time doing something random or being surprised . . . infuses energy into the day . . . and is just plain old fun.

Some individuals will begin this New Year grieving, ill, fearful, hopeless . . . dreading what the day will bring. Routine no longer exists. The day will seem trying and difficult. A miracle is needed.

Everyone needs a miracle. People followed Jesus because of miracles. The scene is described in John 6:

Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick.(John 6:1-2, NIV)

People followed Jesus because they were attracted by miracles.
Did the people want to get to know Jesus?
Did they want to have a relationship with Jesus?
Were they mostly interested in what Jesus could do for them?
Well, duh . . . of course . . . they were interested in what Jesus could do . . . who wouldn't be?
Seriously . . . miracles attract humanity. Webster’s defines a miracle as: "An extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs."

When you get down to it . . . having a relationship with God is a miracle . . . it is an extraordinary event that changes all human affairs.
Get ready for more than routine today.
Seek God first.
Participate in the activity of God.
Give thanks for the miracle of knowing God.
Learning with you to see the miracle of the day,
Shalom,
Kerrie
(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2009 All Rights Reserved)