Sometimes it seems like God is not fair. He heals one person of cancer and we rejoice. Yet another dies and we mourn. Is that really fair?
Well, God is not always fair. He’s good, but not always fair. Some people receive blessings that others do not. Some people go through trials that others seem to bypass. Some people experience a miracle and others live life without evidence of a supernatural God.
God is a personal God and treats us all as individuals. One of the challenging aspects of life is to allow God to perform a miracle His way.
I suppose this is the problem. We want Jesus to perform a miracle like He did to someone else. But God treats us all as individuals. Even though He loves us all, He loves us personally.
This is illustrated when Jesus healed a deaf man. You can read this story in Mark 7:31-37.
A deaf man was brought by his friends to Jesus. Possibly his disability kept him from Jesus. But his friends believed Jesus could heal him. They knew he couldn’t ask for himself so they asked Jesus to touch him as he had done to previous miracle recipients.
So Jesus took the man aside from the crowd, all by himself. He gave him personal attention and a private audience. This man had a unique problem and Jesus dealt with him uniquely.
Jesus could have begun with spoken words, but the man would not know what was going on. So He moved with the kind of communication a deaf man would understand. He put his hands in the man’s ears and touched his tongue with spit.
This seems very strange, but it is also very personal. Jesus touched him. True compassion doesn’t just feel, it reaches out. There is very little effect from Christianity that turns away from contact with hurting people. The surest way to harden your heart is to fail to do something when we feel compassion for others.
If you are seeking for a miracle, know that Jesus wants to touch you. Jesus is not just the all-powerful Son of God, but He wants to have a personal relationship with you. He wants to get close to you. This is the amazing part of the story for me – Jesus came to save the whole world, but He wants to come to you in such a private way that He singles you out and deals with you as if you were the only person He came to save. Your needs are the most important thing for Him right now.
You may not receive the miracle you are looking for. For some the problem is removed. Others are given the special presence of Jesus to endure the problem. Either way, when we get to Heaven we will agree with the people following this miracle – “He has done all things well.” We may not understand the ways of God now, but one day it will all make sense.
Please do not let your problems separate you from Jesus. But allow them to squeeze you closer to Him and He will give you the inner strength to handle anything life throws at you.