Being miracle makers

God looks for people who are willing to use the gifts he has placed in them. Jesus illustrated this in the parable of the talents[i]. In this parable, a master gives out his wealth to be looked after while he is away: five talents to his most prosperous servant, two to the next, and one to the least prosperous. The one with five immediately invests and gets a return of five; the one with two invests and gets a return of two; but the servant with one buries his. On the master’s return, the servants return the talents and he is well pleased with the first two. With the third he is very angry because he hid and neglected the wealth entrusted in him and the master therefore did not even earn the interest he would have done if it had been placed in a bank. Jesus used this parable to illustrate what God expects us to do with the wealth He has entrusted in us. If we invest our gifts in others, He will entrust us with many more. It is when we do this that we will start seeing miracles.

What does this mean for us in everyday life then? Surely we cannot be miracle makers everyday? Well, why not? God wants to use us everyday. God wants us to reach people for him everyday. And every time someone feels a little bit of God’s love showered on them, in a world that is essentially fallen and broken, is that not a miracle?

So while we are all sitting around waiting for that thunderbolt opportunity-that chance to do something huge for God - we are all missing the opportunity to be involved in the everyday miracles happening all around us.

Even Forest Gump grasped the idea that miracles can happen everyday.

Amy Edwards