Invite Miracles In
7/13/09 Insights from Study When we see life clearly enough to understand our own futility in the world, we paradoxically understand that the most we can ask for is to use ourselves in the way God desires. We are therefore both aware of our smallness and encouraged that this awareness itself makes up open to great abilities.
It’s an awesome privilege to be made small in the world because the smaller we are, the more room for God we have in our spirits. God works best in us when we are open to improvement and appreciative of help. When we use our independence to invite God’s guidance, we are putting to use powers much greater than our own; for a purpose blessed by the Creator.
This doesn’t require the things we’ve learned are effective; it takes a miracle. But miracles are given to us daily, if only we can recognize them. And miracles are far more effective than what we can do on our own.
To invite miracles into our lives we need to understand what pleases the Miracle Worker. It isn’t how we flex our muscles or develop our intellects – these things are good for human interaction but aren’t necessary to prepare ourselves to welcome the working of God in our spirits. What’s needed is the ability to tune out human nature and the demands of the world long enough to see our true nature. Only when we see how small and helpless we are will we welcome God’s interaction. Only when we welcome God’s interaction will we appreciate the peace humility brings.
God doesn’t expose us to trials and suffering because He’s mean and wants to cut us down to size. He wants us to learn from them that because we are vulnerable we can gather up all our troubles and offer them to God as His responsibility. It’s God’s love for us that energizes this cycle of need and provision. It’s God’s love that makes us long for the miracles that bring us closer to Him.
