Miracles Are Meant To Be Made Known

When we see miracles specific to our prayer, do we shout it from the rooftop? And, when we pray, do we really expect God to answer our prayers? I think a lot of times we say we will pray or offer prayers to show concern, or to say I’m thinking about…, but we really don’t expect God to answer the prayer. It may seem too big, outside the laws of natural to find fruition (our idea of how it should be answered), or so small and trivial, why would God care?

I had a dramatic shift in how I offer prayers last year. While on retreat at Mount Angel, we had a powerful session on intercessory prayer that led me to offer Christ every worry and anxiety that blocks my full faith in his ability to answer specific prayers. It became how I frame all my intercession—I combine this with my surrender novena.  Having full trust in his action opened my eyes to see many miracles that are constantly taking place through the power of Christ. The retreat director mentioned the story of the prodigal son and how the father must have been planning for his return since the day he left, based on the fact that you don’t just have a fatted calf lying around. It takes a specific amount of time to get the calf to the right “fatness,” and he was probably preparing it since the day the son left. It was evidence of faith in his return, even as the son left.

I also had the privilege of screening the new movie, Unsung Hero, at NCYC.  In the movie, the family has a wall of prayer requests and answer prayers, and as you move through the movie, you visually see them move the prayer requests over to answered as they allow God to guide their lives. Just another affirmation for me that we should be sharing this good news—even the little stuff.

Mary Magdalene witnesses a miracle this morning, and she doesn’t keep this miracle to herself, but runs back to the disciples to share the good news of the Resurrection.  While we want to be careful not to share other peoples’ stories with the whole world, sharing the prayers and the miracles you see playing out in the lives of those for whom you pray might be the encouragement they need to continue to listen to the voice of God.

So, on this Easter morning, let us praise God in His glory! Let us shout from the rooftops, “Jesus is alive!” And, let us open our eyes to the little miracles being revealed to us each day.  And as they are revealed, help us remember we are called to speak this life to the people for whom we pray.

In His Most Sacred Heart…