You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples. Psalm 77:14

Does anyone really believe that? Ok, maybe back in the day, but when was the last time God parted a sea? Or ordered manna to fall from the heavens? Does God still perform miracles? Does anyone even believe in miracles these days?

Recently, I’ve been intentionally seeking to be obedient to God’s call on my life. I worry that I’ve missed the mark, that I’m not pleasing him. Am I, Lord? Is my obedience transactional, or for your glory? I hoped for an Old Testament dream or vision to clarify and affirm that I am on track. 

Flash forward to the next day. I was in the kitchen standing on a chair, stretched on tiptoes, returning a baking dish to its proper shelf. After I stepped off the chair, the cabinet door flew wide open, whoosh! I felt the glass pan flying past my head like a missile and crash. Next, I heard it explode into one million pieces, so I turned my head (after instinctively ducking) but my brain could not register what I saw. I fully expected to see glass fragments showered over the kitchen floor and was frankly surprised I hadn’t felt the shards hit me. But there was nothing. I looked around the room, wondering if it possibly could have bounced into the adjacent room? Nothing.

How could this be? 

“I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?” Apparently not.

I walked over to the front of the cabinet where I had left a small paper bag on the floor. Yes, defying gravity and geometry the large dish had somehow flown directly into said bag and shattered within. It may not have been bread from the sky, but it certainly qualified as a supernatural event to me. What is impossible with man is possible with God.

We serve a loving God who takes the time to communicate with us, to comfort us. “He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes.”

Did God and his unseen army change the trajectory of the pan? I don’t know. What I do know is that I felt such peace. And that we all benefit from the overwhelming miracle that God will take care of us, protect us, and keep us on track. His signs and wonders will affirm his pleasure with us.

Does this mean that in every circumstance and at every occasion I will be protected from projectile cookware? Certainly not. I am not privy to why some accidents occur and some are prevented. But I want to be conscious and aware of what God is doing in my life.

The Challenge

A friend has recently asked God to show her the miracles in her daily life. I feel challenged to ask God to reveal to me the miracles what the he performs every day.

Abba father, create in me a grateful heart, help me to see your daily miracles.