Powerless Existence

A couple days back, I wrote about us fooling ourselves in regard to God's presence and subsequent miraculous interaction.  Today, I would like to further discuss that same topic.

 

In today's reading from the One Year Chronological Bible, Joshua and Israel cross the Jordan River on dry ground (in a day).  Likewise, they simply marched around Jericho in a prescribed manner (for seven days) and the city's walls collapsed.

 

I find it very hard to imagine physical scenarios that could even barely achieve these results randomly (maybe an earthquake or something like that), let alone accomplish these things in the precise time frame God said they would happen.  These were neither coincidences of nature nor the handiwork of man - they were miracles of God plain and simple.

 

Again today, it occurred to me that we 'say' we have all this relationship with God, however, we have nothing indisputable like this happening that would even remotely indicate that we are associated with the King of the Universe!

 

Let me be clear to say, that with all that is in me right at this moment, I remain committed to the LORD.  I have seen nothing on the 'other side' that has any permanent attraction to me.  With God's help through His Spirit in me, I intend to seek and serve Him until my life is done.  Nothing else even remotely gives me the peace that the message of Jesus Christ gives, ...however, I am concerned that what I am content calling 'faith' could be better called 'commitment.'

 

I do not wish to split hairs here, nor do I wish to demand a 'sign' from God, but what I do wish to point out once again is that all through the Bible, when people interacted with God and He with them, the miraculous happened (unexplainable by any other means whatsoever).  According to the Bible, these things occurred before, during, and after Christ's Advent, ...but then they stopped.  Why?

 

Religious explanations that, "God doesn't do things that way any more..." do not satisfy my faith.  According to Jesus Himself, faith, genuine faith, is satisfied only when 'mountains move'...  And yet we have the audacity today to declare otherwise that believing is simply a heart thing!  I wonder who will be justified before God in their declarations, us or Jesus?

 

How can we as Christians today be content with our powerless existence?

 

Father, I am not satisfied that I am alright with You.  I want more of You!