July 03

Yesterday’s Miracles


I don’t want you to forget … what happened in the wilderness long ago … As followers of Moses, they were baptized in the cloud and the sea. And all of them ate the same miraculous food and all of them drank the same miraculous water. … Yet, for all of this, God was not pleased with most of them, and he destroyed them in the wilderness. These events happened as a warning to us, so that we would not crave evil things as they did or worship idols as some of them. … All of these things happened … as examples to us … to warn us….

1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 11 (NLT)


… I am focusing all my energies on this: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead….

Philippians 4:13b (NLT)


I read these passages and I wonder, am I too satisfied with the miracles of yesterday and the ease of today? Am I unconcerned that I expect or want so little of God in my life? Am I looking at tomorrow with hope, with confidence, with a God-like desire for good?

These questions point me in a new direction. Maybe you sense it too. Let’s not be satisfied with yesterday’s miracles. God wants us to want more of Him—to keep seeking Him, to keep on finding Him, to keep on loving Him … more and more … better and better….

This type of quest leads to the greatest miracle of all … God … growing in our hearts!


Father, give me satisfaction … in You, in knowing You better, in seeking more of You, more often and in finding You each and every day. Amen.