I’m working through Psalms one at a time and we are now on Psalm 6. Check it out here so you can follow along. This Psalm was pretty disarming for me. In it, David lets us into the deep need he had for God. The passion you read in his words is not a typical one. I don’t offer up or hear prayers like this one. He goes so far as to say, “Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. My soul is in deep anguish.” 

The more time you spend in church, the more you realize how committed people are to convincing themselves and everyone around them that they are just fine. Nobody wants to say that they are really struggling. No one wants to come off like they’re not managing all that well. Every once in a while, someone will break down and admit what they’re going through, but this is the exception and not the norm.

The real miracle of the gospel is not someone getting a great new job. It’s not someone getting out of debt. It’s not even someone getting healed of cancer. These things are phenomenal when they happen and I totally believe that God loves to do this kind of thing, but they’re not the most astounding miracles. The real miracle is when you see a human heart get healed. Our condition is a desperate one. It goes way beyond the scope of psychologists, medication and self-help books. Regardless of how charmed your childhood was or what neighborhood you grew up in, we all come with a fantastic amount of baggage. I spend enough time around people to know that this is universally true. Some just hide it better than others.

The real miracle is when you see God touch hearts and you see real life change. Like when an anxious person becomes peaceful or a jealous person becomes content. It’s miraculous when you see a proud man humbled and an angry person living in deep peace and rest. It’s so amazing to see someone who was depressed becoming filled with joy or someone who was apathetic filled with a passion for life. This is where the miraculous power of God is magnified. Dry religion cannot accomplish this kind of thing. Only the life-changing, darkness-piercing and awe-inspiring power and love of God can accomplish this. This is the real miracle. You can be the real miracle.