Matthew 13:53-58
Naaman was mad. He had come all the way from Syria to get healed by Elisha, and all Elisha did was send a messenger to tell him to take a bath in the Jordan. Naaman said, "I thought that for me he would surely come out, and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and would wave his hand over the spot, and cure the leprosy!" (2 Kings 5:11). Naaman wasn't given any pizzazz--just a directive--"go wash in the river".
The leaders of Nazareth were mad. Jesus was at home teaching in the local synagogue. His teachings amazed the leaders, but they wondered,"Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren't all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?" (Matthew 13:55). They knew his family; they knew him, and they "took offense at him" (Matthew 13:57).
Jesus was too ordinary. Namaan almost missed a miracle because the cure was too ordinary. The people of Nazareth missed a miracle because Jesus was too ordinary. "And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith" (Matthew 13:58).
Miracles come in all shapes and sizes. They come in breathtaking form and sometimes they come in very very ordinary ways. What miracle might you be missing because it is too ordinary?
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