Your Involvement

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When you look at the miracles in the Bible, you see two themes consistently emerge when it comes to the person involved in the miracle.

1) Many biblical miracles were the person’s own initiative, not God’s idea.
Like the woman who touched the hem of Jesus’ garment.
Or Namaan who went to Elisha for healing for his leprosy.
Or the centurion who asked Jesus to heal his servant.

And 2) many biblical miracles involved the person’s natural action, not just God’s supernatural intervention.
Like when the Israelites had to walk through the Red Sea after God parted it.
Or when the blind man had to wash himself in the pool of Siloam.
Or when Joshua and his army had to march around the walls of Jericho before it fell.

The bottom line is that when it comes to the miracles you want to see in and through your life, God wants your involvement. I’ve said it before, but most Christians don’t want miracles, we want magic.

We want God to wave a magic wand at our problem or need.

We want God to send the money out of the sky.
God forbid we would cut up our credit cards.

We want God to heal us of our physical ailments.
God forbid we change our eating habits or start exercising.

We want to see God do miraculous things through us.
God forbid we get off the couch and give God a platform off of which He can work.

I’m sorry, but God’s miracles don’t work like that. Of course they involve His unmistakable power and provision. Otherwise they wouldn’t be miracles. But they also require your initiative and involvement. Otherwise they would just be magic.

Maybe we could sum it up like this:
Without God, you cannot.
Without you, God will not.

Ask yourself two questions today.
1)   What miracle do you need or want to see God accomplish in or through your life?
2)   What involvement is God requiring from you before He accomplishes the miracle?