Mundane Miracles
Dec 24th, 2007 by Tim Cole
Dramatic healings in front of large crowds; Discovering a large fortune hidden inside your basement; Now, those are miracles! Big furry, undeniable miracles!
That’s how we read the life of Jesus and the early church - dynamic, dramatic miracles. And there is no doubt that God is strong and mighty, working miracles of all magnitudes to show His glory in the earth.
But may I suggest that if all we are looking for is the magnanimous, over-the-top displays of God’s power, we might miss the manger size miracles that are the beginnings of the greatest kind of miracles of all - relational miracles. Mary’s pregnancy was surely a miracle, and yet some could not, even would not recognize it because it didn’t fit their pattern for the miraculous. Why would God do something like making a virgin pregnant?
What if the key to the miraculous wasn’t the size of the miracle itself but rather the size of the relational impact between God and man? The manger miracle viewed only within its own context offers minimal effect on personal relationships with God to a small sphere of people. But if we view the manger within the context of its future impact due to the altered sequence of events which gave us a Messiah and Saviour who grew up to die to redeem us back to relationship with God, then we begin to understand its magnificent beauty.
Sometimes God wants to start us out with a miracle in the mundane things of our lives. We recently had our family van break down and were without the means to make the necessary repairs. Through the mundane events of seeking out our options, we found out that there was a 5 year old recall by the car manufacturer on the exact part that broke down and our vehicle was eligible for a complete repair at no charge to us. I only relay our story to say that if we weren’t willing to walk through the mundane things of our lives with an expectation that God will be meeting us along the way, we may never have had the privilege to experience His miraculous provision in that way.
Sometimes we need the mundane miracles to prepare us for the spectacular miracles. Either one you are looking for or have received, a miracle is a miracle is a miracle, and its real purpose is to draw you and those around you closer in relationship with Him.