"I'm not worthy of miracles—those are for missionaries and pastors, not regular people."
How it sounds in your head: You read about the healing crusades, the mission field miracles, the pastor's powerful testimonies. Then there's you—ordinary, unremarkable, just trying to make it through the week. Miracles are for the spiritual elite.
"Then Peter opened his mouth and said: 'In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.'"
-- Acts 10:34Religion: two-tier Christianity where clergy get power and laity get leftovers, forgetting the priesthood of ALL believers.
The testimonies you hear are from people on stage, people with platforms, people who seem closer to God than you'll ever be. You're just a grandmother in the third row who never led a Bible study.
He'd been an invalid for 38 YEARS, waiting at the pool, no one to help him, no faith that this stranger could heal. He didn't even know it was JESUS. One command—'Rise, take up your bed and walk'—and he was IMMEDIATELY made well, walking after nearly four decades paralyzed.
I REFUSE the lie that miracles are reserved for spiritual celebrities. IT IS WRITTEN: 'God shows NO partiality'—I qualify because I'm IN CHRIST, not because I'm impressive. The woman with the issue of blood was broke and unclean; the man at Bethesda had been paralyzed 38 years with zero faith—both got INSTANT miracles. IT IS WRITTEN: I am blessed with EVERY spiritual blessing—not some, EVERY. I am Abraham's seed under the BARAK blessing, which worked for Abraham when he was LYING to kings and DOUBTING God's promises. I declare I am a miracle-receiving, breakthrough-walking, blessing-magnet daughter of God RIGHT NOW.
The Father isn't sorting miracle recipients by spiritual resume—He's the father who threw the party for the son who'd been sleeping with prostitutes, not the one who'd been faithfully working the field. The robe, ring, and fattened calf went to the LEAST deserving because grace doesn't calculate worthiness.