No! This is not about the confused issues of “miracles.”
Some think that anything that God does is a miracle but that is not so. The New Oxford American Dictionary defines “miracle” as,
“a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency: the miracle of rising from the grave.”
The rest of the story is that God does not always operate outside of “natural or scientific laws.” Mankind always operates within “natural or scientific laws,” and can do many things that way, and so can God!
Job comments of God’s actions, and points out that,
“11 Behold, he goes
by me, and I don’t see him.
He passes on also, but I don’t
perceive him.
12 Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him?
Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’”
Job 9:11-12 WEB
And this is all the time, not just every now and then.
In Psalm 104 it talks in detail about God working in what we would probably call “nature.” It speaks of God as being the one who feeds all the creatures on both land and sea. Further it comments,
“28
You give to them; they gather.
You open your hand; they are
satisfied with good.
29 You hide your face: they are troubled;
You take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
30 You send forth your Spirit: they are created.
You renew
the face of the ground. ”
Psa 104:28-30 WEB
It pictures God as intimately involved in all that goes on.
The same is true for the big events of history.
“The
horse is prepared for the day of battle;
But victory is with
Yahweh.”
Prov 21:31 WEB
“He
changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up
kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have
understanding;”
Dan 2:21 WEB
Or again,
“All
the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does
according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the
inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or tell him,
What do you?”
Dan 4:35 WEB
Man can want/will to do something, but God often overrules
“The
plans of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue
is from Yahweh.”
Prov 16:1 WEB
“There
are many plans in a man’s heart,
But Yahweh’s counsel will
prevail.”
Prov 19:21 WEB
And if your ways please God? God will help you,
“When
a man’s ways please Yahweh,
He makes even his enemies to be
at peace with him.”
Prov 16:7 WEB
And,
“Commit
your deeds to Yahweh,
And your plans shall succeed.”
Prov
16:3 WEB
And when God needs something done, what does He often do? God will put it into the hearts of men to do it, just as in Rev 17:17
This is not a complete discussion of God’s workings.
But it is a sampler of His working everyday in many ways.
WEB
is the World English Bible, a copyright free revision
of the
original ASV American Standard Version 1901