Hennie Symington

… We shall become mature people reaching the very height of Christ’s full stature. Then we shall no longer be like children carried by the waves and blown about by every shifting wind of teaching… Ephesians 4:14a

“I love miracles!” Don’t we all. We love to watch the TV ads of before and after and dream of getting a makeover that will change or lives from the dull to glamorous in an instant. We spend our lives dreaming and hoping for the impossible to happen. We pray for the right job to come along without making any effort on our part. We pray for Mr Right to walk into our lives and make it all ok. We pray that the ugly rumours we’ve spread, won’t do any harm. Sometimes we just pray for the impossible.

Alas, God is no magician. Yet, miracles form the basis of our Christian faith. Miracles happen because dedicated Christians work very hard towards making miracles happen. Such miracles happen when forgiveness of the unforgivable occurs and where people are reconciled across their differences. Miracles happen when broken relationships are restored between husband and wife, father and son, parent and child, father and mother, and friend and foe forgive and find one another again.

Miracles occur when the lion and the lamb lie together and swords are melded into ploughshares. However, the greatest miracle of all time was when God became like one of us to stand in for us so that death would no longer have the final say.

Prayer: Dear Lord, make us understand that wishing for the impossible does not a miracle make. Miracles and wonders happen where your will is done. Amen