When Does God Perform Miracles?

I believe in miracles. Most people that believe in God, at least the Christian God, also believe in miracles. Yet, many people will argue against God's existence because miracles are not frequently observed in their own experiences. For atheists, this is a foothold for them to stand firmly in their lack of belief in God. Ironically, if they saw a miracle, it is likely they still would not believe. Such was the case in the days that the Son of God came down to rescue mankind.

The reasoning against miracles is that they must be validated. Non-believers think that if God were real, miracles ought to be verifiable through scientific investigation. This is ironic, because the very thing that makes a miracle a miracle is that it defies the laws of nature. In other words, there are no testable variables through which you can recreate a miracle. If such variables were at our disposal, we could recreate miracles at our own whim. But, if we could recreate the miracle, we would be verifying that it was not be a miracle, but some sort of consequential fluke!

Miracles, in the Biblical sense, are derived from God exercising His authority over the created universe. These miracles can be big and cosmic in scope or small and deeply personal. But He only performs a miracle when it is necessary to fulfill a specific purpose according to His will. Sometimes, He even performs miracles through well timed orchestrated events that would otherwise appear to be coincidental. But if God granted everyone a miracle when they ask for one, it would diminish His authority by handing it over to mortals. When God performs miracles it is according to His timing and His purposes.

Mocking believers when miracles do not occur is not really an indictment against God, but an admission of ignorance on behalf of the one who is mocking. If everything was dictated through miraculous occurrence, why even create a universe full of laws? The laws of nature were created by God and govern the world by God's decree. God defies nature when He wants to make His presence known to the witnesses who are blessed enough to behold His glory.