The Miracle of His Presence

Here are some questions we need to wrestle with: Have we cried out for the wrong things? Have we made the pinnacle sign of success about miracles and demonstration? Miracles should not be our goal. God must be our goal. Miracles come as a result of getting His manifest presence here. 

The tragedy I see is like the woman of Canaan who cried out to Jesus to deliver her demon-possessed daughter (Matthew 15). Her idea of a miracle was a peaceful, healthy daughter. Who could blame her? But in her desperation for an unmet need, she bypassed the greatest miracle, which was the presence of God. Jesus ignored her until she got a revelation that the miracle was Him being present. That’s when she threw away her formula and rehearsed prayer, and worshipped Him.

So many times we come to God with predispositions, only to be flattened by His presence. The greater miracle was not that Jesus turned water into wine; it’s that He came to the wedding.  The greater miracle was not that Jesus rebuked the winds and waves; it’s that He’s in the boat. I’m all for signs, wonders, and miracles. They will happen as a result of His presence.