Are We Possibly Getting Too Comfortable

Right before my long-awaited vacation, I wanted to set up the email autoresponder. And honestly, I had never done that myself before. 🤭 My producer Daniel, who helps me with all technical things, has always done it for me.

In that moment, he was sitting next to me and I laughed: “Actually, I can do this myself. I’ve just never tried before because I knew you would do it for me. I’ll just try it now—you're here, and I know if I can’t figure it out, you’ll step in.”

And it was such a funny moment, because we both knew that this was becoming a new “A Miracle Every Day” text. 😂

Because while I was basically admitting that I had always handed this task over to him—more or less out of convenience—I realized I sometimes do the same thing with God. That I pray: “Father, could You please do this and that for me,” without first trying to do what I actually could do myself.

Because—can we be honest for a moment? How often do we pray about things that we could actually take action on ourselves first?

For example this prayer: “Lord, please be with my friend, she is going through such a hard time.” I—we—could also be there for that person ourselves. And yes, God is still there and will bless that act of love and step in with what we cannot do on our own. But what is within our ability, we shouldn’t ignore “out of convenience.”

Maybe today is exactly the day to move less in prayer only—and more in courageous action.

Because how often do we speak good words when loving actions are actually needed? The Bible puts it clearly:

“If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?” (James 2:16 NIV) 

And that’s why this applies: “Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” (James 2:17 NIV) 

You are a miracle!