AFTER witnessing one of the most incredible miracles of Jesus ministry. We must be careful, so careful, forever diligent against our main enemy… Ourselves!

These men had witnessed Jesus feed thousands of people with only a small basket of food. He created food out of thin air and miraculous creative power. They watched, they saw, they knew. Yet they remained hard of heart and dull of mind. How can this be?

The heart of man is continually deceitful.

When we see miracles without submitting our heart to God to fill us with Holiness, to purge us of evil, we can be lead astray. There is great temptation in miracles! Temptation for evil. Temptation to misuse the awesome power of the Creator.

Decades ago, my father walked in daily miracles of healing. For years I witnessed as a young man almost daily miracles, from small to huge. Things people say are impossible. Blind see, cripples walk, cancers melt away. Each day was not the question “will God move today” but rather “what great miracle will we see today”.

Then a phone call. Another well known minister, with a large following, made an offer. “Let’s team up! With my anointed preaching and your ability to work miracles, we will be unstoppable! We can be blessed with riches beyond belief!”.

Put yourself in that situation. What would you do? It’s easy to justify saying yes, think how many could be touched, saved, healed, helped. Temptation always comes in a beautiful package, but the core inside is ugly and dead.

Dad said no. Wrong motive. But it was hard. He agonized for days. But in the end he knew that it would end badly if the motivation was Fame, riches, and selfish getting. We remained financially poor, but God blessed greatly in other ways.

Here the disciples had witnessed another miracle but still couldn’t see past the immediate benefit. Their eyes were on this world. They had not yet accepted that God walked with them, that all things were not only possible, but planned. They only saw the world and miracles of a righteous man. So when storms came, they feared. When unknown came, they worried. They only saw the miracles, not the God who did them.

We must be careful. God is light, He is holy. He calls us first to be like Him, be with Him. The miracles must FOLLOW, not precede. Don’t ever let your eyes fall on the miracles instead of the glory of God Himself.

We must seek righteousness, seek to be purged of all evil and walk like Jesus in pure love and service. Not just on Sundays, but every minute of every day. We must seek to have a soft heart, an understanding mind. See the deep truths of God instead of just quote scripture. KNOW the Creator. Then the miracles can follow, and they will, once we ourselves are at peace with God and life.