Again the Lord had His disciples confess for the record how little food they had in comparison to the size of the crowd. This made clear that the feeding of many thousands was miraculous evidence of His deity.
Commentary from the MacArthur study Bible, notes for Matthew 15:34.
In Isaiah 55:8, God declared, “My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways.” And in fact, one of the biggest frustrations of the Christian life stems from a lack of understanding about God’s ways. There are times when we could really use a miracle, but He does not come through for us the way we think He should. Our unmet expectations lead to confusion, disappointment, and even anger. We might think, Why did the Lord let me down?
Some people don’t believe God performs big miracles at all, while others are convinced that if He’s not doing the miraculous every day, then something is wrong with their faith. Neither belief is true. We need a balanced perspective, which we find in the Bible.
God works in both supernatural and ordinary ways, and He determines the method. Elijah ate food miraculously delivered by ravens, but his water supply from a brook was completely natural. When the water dried up, the Lord could have made more spring from the ground, but He didn’t.
Sometimes God uses ordinary means to move us in a new direction. The curtailment of Elijah’s water supply opened the door for his next assignment. When the Lord withholds miraculous intervention and lets your brook dry up, He has something else planned for you.
Seeing the work of God in the miraculous is easy. But He’s just as involved in the everyday aspects of life as He is in any supernatural event. Look for His fingerprint in the day’s mundane activities. He is there, opening and closing doors, drying up one opportunity but initiating another.
Commentary from Charles Stanley’s In Touch Devotional, August 2, 2017.
Miracles are not merely superhuman happenings, but happenings that demonstrate God’s power. Jesus performed miracles to renew people – restoring sight, making the lame to walk, even restoring life to the dead. Believe in Him, not because He is a superhuman, but because He is God, graciously renewing His creation. Although God does not always choose to bring full restoration this side of heaven, God does have a special concern for the poor, the weak, the crippled, the orphaned, the blind, the lame, and the oppressed. Our concern should be like God’s – to care for the powerless in society by bringing Christ’s message of redemption in both our words and actions.
Commentary from The One Year NIV Devotional NT. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (2003)
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