Need a miracle?

"And He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief" (Mt 13:38).

In His hometown, the city of Nazareth, Jesus was not able to do many miracles. The reason: their unbelief. They knew Him as one of the carpenter's sons. They knew His family and His childhood. But they didn't believe that He was the Son of God, the Messiah.

Is the same thing happening in our lives? We see all the problems in our lives, yet we don't experience miracles. Disease, broken relationships, spiritual stagnation and wayward children. Those are all realities of our lives. And miracles are needed. God needs to get involved and bring about change.

Is unbelief the reason we don't experience the miracles we so desperately need?

Perhaps it's because our belief is the wrong place.

Biblical faith is not wishing for everything to go smoothly. Biblical faith is based on the Bible, the promises of God.

And this may be a surprise to you: there is no promise in the Bible that everything will go smoothly.

We live in a sin-cursed world. That means we have to experience disease and death. That means relationships will be broken. That means there will be problems.

So if we are putting our faith in a promise of smooth sailing, our faith is misplaced.

Instead, we need to dig into the Scriptures to see God's promises to us in these difficult days.

Health is not promised. But strength is. But resurrection is.

Restored relationships are not promised. But we can live at peace with others. But we can forgive as we have been forgiven.

We don't know if our health or relationships will be restored, but we can live in faith that God will work according to His Word.