JESUS is the same Yesterday and Today

"What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.” (John 11:47)


From the outset, Jesus’ ministy was rife with miracles. He changed water into wine (John 2:1-11). Then he healed a royal official’s son without even seeing or touching the lad (4:47-54). Later, with one simple command, he healed a man who had been paralyzed for thirty-eight years (5:1-9). He also walked on water, multiplied fishes and loaves, and created sight in a man born blind (6:1-21; 9:1-8). And finally, as the climax of all his miracles, he raised a man from death (11:34-44).

The attitude of Jesus’ opponents toward all this seems almost nonchalant. They didn’t deny the facts; they just didn’t seem to care about them. Instead, they focused nearsightedly on their own concerns—that Jesus might cause them some trouble with the Romans.
Isn’t that just what happens when we lose touch with the Lord in our everyday lives? A miracle occurs, and we dismiss it with a matter-of-fact explanation. A person repents and changes his life, and we chalk it up to maturity. We have a sense of peace at Mass, and we ascribe it to the music, not the Holy Spirit. Is it possible we’ve become too “sophisticated” for our own good?

Jesus urged: “Let the children come to me” (Matthew 19:14). He wants us to come to him with childlike expectation, wide-eyed and wondering what he will do next. He wants us to ask for miracles and look for them, to step back occasionally during the day and ask: “What are you doing right now?” Jesus’ opponents grew up too fast. They became too serious, when they should have been simply amazed at what God was doing around them.

So get acquainted with the Spirit’s still, small voice in the little things in your life. Jesus hasn’t stopped creating or healing or feeding or bringing life to his people. He never changes, and what he did two thousand years ago, he still does today. Learn to sense his presence, the gentleness of his touch, the sound of his voice. And be prepared to see the astonishing unfold right before your eyes!

“Jesus, take my hand, and lead me today. Open my eyes to the miracles you are working around me, and free me to rejoice at them.”

--that in all things God may be glorified--