The Greatest Miracle of All

  Psalm 63:2
"I have seen you in the sanctuary
   and beheld your power and your glory."


  So it's taken me a little longer to write this post, mainly because I kept going over it in my mind. When I first read this verse, I immediately began thinking about miracles, because that's how we as humans see His power and glory right?  So then I started thinking, "Well maybe if I'm earnestly seeking God like I've been trying to then I'll see those miracles and be able to see God's power and glory."  But that way of thinking didn't sit right with me.  And then it finally clicked with me this morning at church.  Our pastor was saying that many people ask, "Well where are the miracles?" - much like my thinking.  Then he said, "But don't you get it?  We live in a miraculous age!"  I could practically hear the light bulb ding in my head.  In the old testament and God's covenant to Abraham, God's love was only for the Israelites.  But then, as my pastor said this morning, "God's salvation has been sent to the Gentiles and they will listen!"  (Acts 28:28).  So is it a miracle that God loves us?  Um, yes!!!!


  There are so many other things to show us God's power and glory.  We live in an age and a nation where we can still talk about our faith and our God.  Sure, we might get funny looks or shunned, but we have the opportunity.  And yes, I know our free speech and the basic moral values that our country was founded on are dwindling, but they're still there, so why don't we make the most of it?


  The "meat of the matter" is that the miracle, power, and glory of God that everyone is so desperately searching for has already happened and is right in front of our faces.  God loves you and me and everyone else for who are, not what we can do for Him.  And even more miraculous, He wants a REAL RELATIONSHIP with us.  Now I'm not trying to downgrade other miracles, or say that they don't happen.  I've seen car wrecks that no one should have survived, but those involved are walking around now telling people about Jesus. And I was there when my cousin was told her unborn baby was dead, but when she went back the next day for another appointment, her baby was fine and is now a healthy little boy.  You can try to explain those things and other miracles away with science, but bottom line, they are miracles, and they're all around us.  I just think it's sad that so many people (including myself until recently) are looking for some big miracle to know that God is real and He loves them.  The miracle has already happened!  A perfectly-lived life, gruesome crucifixion, a rolled-away stone, and the conquering of the grave are all evidence of the biggest miracle of all - God loves us for just being us!!!