Signs!! And wondering.....

Demonstrating our faith has become a bit cliche for often it is a bumper stick that proclaims "God said it, I believe it (not not I act on it!)that settles it!" or "Believer on Board!". Our tendency is to wear our faith rather than to live our faith. Culture grants us many opportunities to stand in a position of salvation; it doesn't often give us the chance to live out our salvation. I love the world view discussion because our way of thinking was exceptionally foreign to the time of Christ. Miracles in this day and age are deemed as the hand form outside changing our circumstances when we need it rather than a moment of actually finding ourselves changed.

I remember my dad once making the statement that with his five children the way he treated them was "exactly the same." Well, being the one who only saw him for a few weeks a year, I would beg to differ! In his mind he could see everything as equal, but my experience of his presence and guidance etc was most certainly not. I think this is a huge gap which exists in our signs and wonders dialogue. We expect all things to be equal with god, our sense of cultural entitlement with regard to fairness is often compromised in this department when we see what is happening in the lives of others. If there is anywhere life is not fair, it is this one. "Lord, I know that I smoked heavily for 40 years, but make my lung cancer go away" pales when put into the context of a child born with cancer who only sees 5 years of life. The idea that the signs and wonders are not at our whims and desire but at the descretion of God is the main directive we must understand when working with this topic.