Mark 7:34-35

He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”). At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.

Jesus came to earth as a baby; fully God and fully man. He grew up with a human family; a mother, father and multiple brothers and sisters (Matthew 13:55-56). He performed dozens of extraordinary miracles that are recorded in the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. John 21:25 hints that there were many more miracles that weren’t recorded. Why did Jesus do miracles? Was it to prove to everyone he wasn’t just a human? Was it to solve issues for people that they couldn’t solve themselves? Was Jesus just impatient, and using miracles was the quickest way to get things done?

I think it comes back to the main characteristic of Jesus, which is love. Jesus is all about love. If someone came across him with a problem, he did the loving thing which was to help them with their problem. One would also assume that Jesus did his miracles to show other people that he had supernatural power, but Mark 7:36 says:

Mark 7:36

Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it.

It was apparently Jesus ultimate hope that those around him would see him for who he was, and all glory would be reflected up to God, rather than to himself. Jesus was sent to earth to love humanity through the ultimate act of love; dying in our place for our sins so that we can have an uninhibited relationship with God. So Jesus came to earth and did all he did to love other people. What are we, as Christians; ‘little Christs’ going to do when the bible commands us to ‘think and act like Christ Jesus’?(Philippians 2:5-11)

ASK YOURSELF: Do you fully understand what being a Christian means, and what has needed to take place to allow you to be in a relationship with God? How are you going to reflect that knowledge in the next person you talk to?