“‘Expect a miracle!’ That’s good counsel if there is a promise in Scripture to back it up. The problem today is that many Christians are not looking for God’s miraculous activity where he has promised it, namely, through his ordinary means of grace. Through these means, he has pledged to raise us from spiritual death, to forgive sins, to assure us of God’s favor, and to conform us to Christ’s image.”
Michael Horton in his book Ordinary, p. 139-140
I love the quote above by Michael Horton. I did not grow up in a church that highlighted God’s means of grace (baptism, communion) as particularly important, let alone repeated manifestations of the miraculous. I’m so thankful for being introduced to Reformed Theology. It has taught me so much these last few years about what is truly meaningful and worth paying attention to and thanking God for, when it comes to Christian spirituality.
Ministry of Reconciliation 