I was 18 years old, and I went with my church to a conference in another city. With 30 thousand people gathering to listen, a well-known preacher took the stage and suggested the worship team return. The Lord had asked him to pray for healing, and he disappeared amid the crowd, praying for healing.
Besides me there was a small girl, with her mother. She was blind and her eyes were white. But her mother didn’t go after the preacher, possibly because her faith wasn’t big enough to believe her 6 years old daughter, born blind, could be healed just like that.
But even though her faith didn’t lead her to the preacher, the Holy Spirit lead the preacher to her. When he came, He went straight to the little girl and asked her what was her problem. The mother explained saying that she was born blind and I could see that her eyes were white.
As he prayed, the little girl jumped and started crying, seeing for the first time in her life. Her mother cried, the girl’s eyes were looking normal, and I was stunned. Jesus had done something I would never believe if I hadn’t seen with my own eyes.
In that awe-inspiring moment, I began to believe that I could pray for others in Jesus’ name and heal them. And it is true. I have prayed for many and they were healed. I have tasted and seen that the Lord is amazing, and wants to heal!
But in knowing that the Lord wants to heal, I have asked myself the question of why didn’t Jesus use the healing to gather more and more people to himself?
Jesus did not perform miracles to get a crowd. In fact, He usually would avoid the crowd. Time after time, Jesus instructed those whom He had healed not to talk too much about it (8:4,18; 9:30; Luke 8:56). He did not want people trusting Him simply on the basis of spectacular deeds (see John 4:46–54). Faith must be based on His Word (Rom. 10:17).
“True faith is not built on miracles, but on the unwavering foundation of His Word.”
Miracles are signs that point us to the one we should seek, not the thing we should seek. To seek Jesus, not just His blessings, we should know Him in His Word. The more we know Him, the more we understand that miracles follow, instead of being something we should actively seek.
“Miracles are like a compass that points us towards Jesus, but seeking Him in His Word is the true path we should follow.”
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