Maybe it's possible that God is not going to do anything for us, unless we believe He will. When I look at members of my family and my friends and see how they suffer, I wonder -- why are they having to go through this? Where is God now? Why isn't he opening windows for them, when doors close? And then I remember a woman I met in Costa Rica, who told me that, as she saw her house shake underneath and around her during a massive earthquake, she prayed to God for His protection and she knew that she and her family would be safe. And that makes me wonder -- does God wait until we believe He will perform miracles for us, before He will actually perform them?
It also reminds me of the book The Little Engine that Could. Does believing in ourselves and our own strength also have something to do with it? Do we actually have more power and capability, when we think we do?
There is also a really fitting message in Streams in the Desert - "Jesus gave thanks for what He was about to receive. His gratitude sprang forth before the blessing had arrived, in an expression of assurance that it was certainly on its way... Miracles are performed through spiritual power, and our spiritual power is always in proportion to our faith."
Here's hoping, then, that we will learn how to believe.
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