Matthew 13:58 And He did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith. --NIV In the name of the One Who works miracles, amen.
It is hard to imagine that mere human beings can resist or block the power of God. Yet, ever since the fall into sin, man has been blocking the power of God through unbelief. When Jesus was ready to heal and perform miracles, human unbelief got in the way. It is the same with us today. Our unbelief means that we often don’t look to Christ for many of the blessing that could be ours. Many people, because of unbelief and hardness of heart despise Baptism. They don’t believe that Jesus works miracles through it. So they don’t bring their children to Jesus for Him to heal them spiritually through the water of Baptism. Many don’t realize what it means when Jesus said to His chosen ministers, “He who hears you hears Me,” so they don’t come to experience the miracle of Absolution. Others can’t see Christ’s body and blood in the Holy Supper, so they end up making a mockery of the most intimate experience we have with the Lord.
Yet there are a few who believe. They bring their children. They kneel before the Pastor and receive the blessing. They come and commune with Christ by receiving with their mouths His true body and precious blood. Our text does not say that Jesus didn’t do any miracles, but that He didn’t do many. But the miracle He did perform were great in the eyes of those who benefited from them, just as His miracles are great in our eyes today. Amen.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, You are a worker of miracles. Among the greatest is the miracle of faith, which You performed on us. Grant, Lord, that You continue to work the miracle of Faith in the hearts of many so that there will be many miracles done among us, and not just a few, amen.
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