Mark 8:25 says: “Then again He laid His hands upon his eyes. . .and he began to see everything clearly.”
How many of you could use a miracle right now in your life? Have you prayed for one and nothing has occurred? Or did you pray for one and got sort of a “half-miracle?”
Here’s my word of encouragement: Pray AGAIN! Notice the second word in the above verse: “again.”
Dr. Jess Moody once wrote with biting sarcasm,
"What do aged atheists have to talk about, as they sit around waiting to die? Do they discuss the legacy of morality, decency, integrity, and spiritual sensitivity they have given to their children? Or the good atheism has done the world: the hospitals, orphanages, and the elevation of women...? And when the sun is sinking low, and when the conversation for the wheelchair atheist begins to lull, they can joyously contemplate their future. There is so much for an aged atheist to look forward to."
When a person tries to do away with God, then he also does away with miracles. No God, no miracles. And when there are no miracles, there is nothing in life worth looking forward too. Nothing changes for the good, nothing significant can happen, life is meaningless.
Much too often we settle for half-miracles. This is at what at first occurred with this blind man Jesus had encountered. The first time Jesus touched the blind man he saw people “like trees walking about” (v. 24).
Although there was a great improvement than what he had before which was nothing. But imagine if this half-blind man said to Jesus, “Thank you, thank you! I can at least see people as trees moving about. Before I wasn’t able to see anything, but at least I can see something!” And then imagine him walking away from Jesus satisfied with his half-miracle?
I think we do this often. We pray for a miracle and God does not come through, so we think, “Well, at least my prayer life got better having prayed for this miracle to occur.”
Or we pray for some form of deliverance and God comes through “progressively,” and we settle for the little light we see. We tell ourselves, “What I have now is better than what I had before.” And so we stop and walk away from ever asking the Lord if He had more to give.
I think Jesus wants to touch our lives “again.” This is why I am not opposed to times in the church service where we offer to Christians a time for “rededication.” What is rededication? It a time where we allow Jesus to touch our lives “again” in a specific area. What’s wrong with that?
Don’t settle for half-miracles. Go back to Jesus “again” and see if there’s more He wants to give to you. Don’t turn away when He is just getting started.
