I'm really looking forward to doing church tomorrow. Over the last few years we've been really blessed with some quite extraordinary healings, and last week we saw the deaf being healed and gold dust appearing on people's hands. Tomorrow we welcome Billy Kennedy, who will be taking over the reigns of the Pioneer Network form Gerald Coates, so it will be great to hear what he has to say.
I'm never sure exactly how to react to the miracles thing. On the one hand, what's going on is truly amazing, and well worth making a big fuss over. After all , this is God at work, and something to be proclaimed from the rooftops. But on the other hand, this is small fry compared to what God is doing elsewhere and what he's capable of doing with us, so we should be striving for bigger and better things in him rather than being overly proud of what we have. And of course, if God wasn't working these miracles, he'd be no less worthy of our praise and worship.
I think my natural reaction is probably the right one; my attitude tends to be "That's great! Now what's next?!" We must acknowledge what God has done, but equally we mustn't get stuck in that one moment and lose sight of where the Holy Spirit is moving on to. As with so many of these things, it's a question of balance.
