Miracles

Why did Jesus perform miracles?

First, Jesus did not perform miracles so that we would expect a miracle.  Miracles by nature are not common.  Some people would have us believe that we should expect miracles all the time.  Remember that the miracles were given to us so that we would desire heaven, a time and a place where things would be put right.  Miracles were not given so that we would have heaven on earth but that we would live in expectation of a day when all things were made right.

Second, and this is most important, Jesus performed miracles to confirm His identity as the Christ.  John calls these miracles "signs".  These signs are to show us that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

Jesus did not come as a miracle worker, though He performed many miracles, but He came to proclaim the Gospel.  The miracles Jesus performed showed that the rule of God was breaking through and someday all things will be made right.

So let me ask this question:  Which takes more faith, to pray and a miracle occurs or to believe that there is coming a day when all things will be made right?  Both require faith.  Both require us to live by faith.  But if God does not heal or change that circumstance He is still God and there will be a day when we will understand.