A miracle
Children's Activity
Object:
This week we again are treated to an example of Jesus using the ordinary to do something extraordinary. Jesus comes upon a man who has been blind from birth. The disciples are curious about the blind man and wonder why he is blind. Jesus tells them that the man was born blind in order that God's power could be made manifest in him. Then Jesus takes ordinary mud, places it on the man's eyes and tells him to go and bathe. When the man returns, he is completely healed. Using ordinary mud, Jesus performed a miracle.
A miracle, of course, is something that appears unexplainable by the laws of nature. Jesus performed lots of miracles in order to demonstrate the awesome power of God. He healed the lame. He raised the dead. He turned water into wine. He fed 5,000 people with only five loaves and two fish. Did Jesus do these things in order to get attention? I doubt it. I believe that Jesus performed miracles so that people would begin to believe that with God all things are possible. I think that Jesus wanted humankind to understand that God's laws are different from our own. Just because something seems impossible to us doesn't mean that God thinks so.
There are still miracles that take place today. The power of God still moves among us and does things that seem unexplainable by our definition. Talk about miracles with your children. Have you ever seen a miracle? Are there things that cannot be explained other than to say God must have been involved? Begin to look for evidence of miracles in your life. Help each other be on the lookout for the presence of God. He is all around us, but we must begin to look for him. Once we do, I expect that we will begin to see him more and more.
A miracle, of course, is something that appears unexplainable by the laws of nature. Jesus performed lots of miracles in order to demonstrate the awesome power of God. He healed the lame. He raised the dead. He turned water into wine. He fed 5,000 people with only five loaves and two fish. Did Jesus do these things in order to get attention? I doubt it. I believe that Jesus performed miracles so that people would begin to believe that with God all things are possible. I think that Jesus wanted humankind to understand that God's laws are different from our own. Just because something seems impossible to us doesn't mean that God thinks so.
There are still miracles that take place today. The power of God still moves among us and does things that seem unexplainable by our definition. Talk about miracles with your children. Have you ever seen a miracle? Are there things that cannot be explained other than to say God must have been involved? Begin to look for evidence of miracles in your life. Help each other be on the lookout for the presence of God. He is all around us, but we must begin to look for him. Once we do, I expect that we will begin to see him more and more.
