Can You See Them?

Has anyone ever said something to you that echoes in your mind even years later? The other day, I was talking to David about myWorld Religions class that I took in my undergraduate studies. We had to write a paper on a topic that he gave us. The topic that I received was “Do miracles exist? Why or why not?” Easy! 

When I got my paper back, I was horrified! A big C in red ink was at the top of my paper and a note that read “opinions are not scientific.” At first, I was too angry to say anything. Then he opened the class for discussion of our papers. Oh boy, did I have a field day! 

I asked the class if they could hold their breath for five minutes. They laughed nervously as I begun to tell my story. The story about how the doctor pushed me back into my mother’s womb after seeing that I was being delivered upside-down; therefore, cutting off my oxygen for fifteen minutes. About how, at the age two, doctors told my parents that I would never speak, much less go to high school or even college. I told the class that according to science, I should not be alive. I believed in miracles in the Bible, and I also believe in miracles today! When I finished, you could have heard a pin drop! 

As I grow in my walk with Jesus, I have learned to study Scripture and really understand the letter that God wrote to us. Sometimes that might require researching the original meaning of the words. Now, I am not a linguistic scholar. In fact, Greek and Hebrew scare the mess out of me. But thankfully, Strong’s Concordance is on-line. Look at the original word for miracle with me. 

sēmeíon – a sign (typically miraculous), given especially to confirm, corroborate or authenticate.

sēmeíon ("sign") then emphasizes the end-purpose which exalts the one giving it. Accordingly, it is used dozens of times in the NT for what authenticates the Lord and His eternal purpose, especially by doing what mere man cannot replicate of take credit for.

I don’t know about you, but that causes my heart to do somersaults! The miracle of life cannot be credited to hopeless medical professionals or doubting college professors. The life I live every day is one with a greater purpose to glorify Jesus! A purpose that impacts eternity… 

Debating over the existence of miracles is not my intentions! I am just hoping that our hearts are opened to see the next one! He has so much in store for us!