Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Many of us suffer from what I call miracle disorder. Miracle disorder is the idea that you need God to do major things in your life, a part-the-Red-Sea kind of act. But miracle disorder is a mindset that hinges on the idea that you can’t do anything about your situation. It’s all in “God’s hands.” But what exactly are God’s hands if not yours?
Many of us feel we are born with begging bowls in our hands, rather than hands that can do amazing feats. It’s as if God fills our begging bowls with all the things we seek. And our begging bowls are huge. Hold out your hands and hope for big payouts – that’s miracle disorder.
So-called big miracles are created by daily micro-miracles. What you’re doing now is creating your so-called big moment – even the dramatic and unwanted ones. If you’re waiting for your miracle, you’re holding out your begging bowl hoping for it to come in fully realized form. Miraculous micro actions, even small shifts in attitude, create “big” miracles. Anytime you realize you can do something towards what you want, no matter how small, it’s a miracle at work.
Do you have your begging bowl out? If you’re going to lose weight, you’ll do it by cutting 200 calories per day. If you’re going to write a symphony, you’ll do it with a single note. Compounded daily interest makes miracles. The miracle disorder makes you think that what you want is impossible to achieve, and that some god out there will fill your empty hands, outstretched to the sky. The miracle is in the mind shift, the nano action, and the step forward, not in holding out for the parting of the Red Sea. Use your hands to create, not to stretch them out empty to an imaginary god in the sky.