Are miracles still possible today? Can we still work miracles today?
When reading Acts 3, sometimes we wonder whether we can still expect miracles today. Whereas the people in Acts’ time met miracles with wonder and amazement (3:10), we meet miracles today with skepticism, indifference or dependence on a miracle.
But the miracle itself is not the point. The miracle is a sign. The point of the sign is where it is pointing to.
To get fixated on the sign is to miss the point of the sign.
The people in Acts 3 thought the miracle was pointing at Peter and John. Hence Peter’s response:
“Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?” (3:12)
Peter is telling us the miracle points not to himself, but to someone greater.
“And his name - by faith in his name - has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.” (3:16)
It’s the name of Jesus to which the sign points to.
The name of Jesus is not a magic word, not a formula for a prayer.
The name of Jesus is the summary of who Jesus is.
The name of Jesus tells us Jesus is the King and Lord, seated at the right hand of God, far above all rulers and authorities and power and dominion, and above every name that is named. (Ephesians 1:20)
It’s this name and the reality of this name that heals the man. This is what the miracle is pointing to.
So to ask “are miracles possible today” is to miss the point.
If Jesus is indeed the King today, why should we not believe in miracles?
But to depend on miracles is to also miss the point.
The miracles point to Jesus as the King.
Live and live out the mission that the King of the universe entrusted to us, and we will experience His power in the process, whether it comes in the form of a miracle or not.
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