There is a reason miracles are called miracles. They are occurrences that defy ordinary human explanation, events that cannot readily be accounted for by what we know through science, medicine, or everyday experience. And that is precisely why it can be so difficult to convince someone who wasn't there that a genuine problem existed and was resolved in a way nobody could explain. You're entitled to your opinion, including the belief that prayers can't heal sickness except through medical intervention. But some of us have lived through experiences that make it impossible for us to dismiss the miraculous so casually. Of course, I am not denying that fake miracles exist. There are many, sometimes in the very places where we should least expect such deception. Some people manufacture testimonies, exploit the vulnerable, and turn supposed demonstrations of God's power into opportunities for personal fame, financial gain, and religious influence. Such dishonesty deserves to be exposed, not defended. But the existence of counterfeits does not establish that everything is counterfeit. I, for one, will never be found ridiculing the supernatural. For a start, the salvation we have received in Christ as believers is itself a supernatural work of God. I believe in a God I cannot see, yet whose reality I have come to know through His Word and whose workings I have witnessed in my own life and in the lives of others. And beyond what I believe, there are things I have personally experienced that I simply cannot explain away as coincidence. Let me share something from my own family. Around 1991, my mother gave birth to our fourth child, my younger sibling, who was blind from birth. He had never seen anything. Even the appearance and pigmentation of his eyes made it obvious that something was terribly wrong with his eyes. My parents sought medical help. They consulted doctors and were told that, humanly speaking, there was no hope of him ever seeing. Some consultants suggested seeking further medical attention abroad. But how could my parents, who were struggling financially, possibly afford such a journey, let alone the medical expenses involved, even if the help was possible? This was not some story invented for a church testimony. My parents lived through it. My other siblings remember it. Neighbours, relatives, and family friends knew about his condition. We had a child in our home who could not see and depended on others for assistance. Then something happened. A colleague of my mother's invited her to a church programme around Owiniboys, Taiwo Road, in Ilorin. My mother attended with my sibling. And it was there that something happened which, to this day, I can only describe as a miracle. The child who had never seen from birth began to see. He returned home able to use his eyes, and his life changed. He began doing things independently that he had previously needed help to accomplish. I understand perfectly well how unbelievable that sounds to someone who wasn't there. I also understand that a personal testimony is not the same thing as independently documented medical evidence. But I cannot pretend that something my family lived through never happened simply because someone else finds it difficult to believe. And that is only one experience among many. I could recount other extraordinary events involving members of my immediate family, friends, and colleagues. In fact, there are testimonies I would rather not even share publicly, because unless you know me personally or I show you the evidence of what actually happened, you might find them too incredible to believe. But whether or not someone believes these accounts does not change what we experienced or witnessed firsthand. Besides, why do we so often restrict our discussions of miracles to physical healing? God's extraordinary interventions, as believers understand them, are not limited to sickness. There are circumstances involving provision, deliverance, protection, and seemingly impossible situations that people have experienced and cannot easily explain. You may ridicule such testimonies if you wish. That does not trouble me. What I will not do is allow the existence of fraudulent miracle workers to persuade me that God has ceased to work miraculously. And my conviction is not founded on personal experience alone. It is also grounded in Scripture. Jesus declared in John 14:12: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.” It is important that you focus on His language: “He that believeth on me.” Jesus did not explicitly restrict this promise to the apostles or declare that His works would cease when the New Testament canon was completed. Now, I recognize that Christians differ over the meaning of the “greater works,” particularly whether the emphasis falls on the worldwide expansion of the gospel after Christ's glorification or also encompasses miraculous works. But the works of Jesus in John's Gospel included both His teaching and His signs. I see no sufficient biblical reason to conclude that God has categorically withdrawn His ability or willingness to heal miraculously through His people. We see the Holy Spirit working powerfully in the early church, and Paul speaks of gifts of healing and workings of miracles among the gifts distributed by the Spirit according to His will (1 Cor. 12:9–11). That is one reason I cannot embrace the claim that such works must necessarily have ceased. But believing in miracles does not mean we consider God unfaithful or powerless when we pray for healing and the healing does not come. Our confidence in His power is not diminished by a lack of a miracle. It does not mean we despise doctors, reject medical treatment, or discourage people from seeking proper healthcare. Medicine itself is a provision for which we should be grateful to God. Trusting God and seeking medical help are not mutually exclusive. Nor does it mean that whenever healing fails to come, the sufferer lacks faith or God has abandoned them. We pray. We trust. We seek help. Sometimes we witness extraordinary answers. At other times, we endure suffering, waiting upon the Lord and learning to trust Him even when the outcome is not what we hoped for. Our faith is not sustained merely by the miracles we receive, but by the God in whom we have believed. And there is something even more glorious about the Christian hope: no healing we experience in this present world is the final healing. Even those who are miraculously healed remain subject to sickness, ageing, suffering, and eventually death. The greatest restoration still awaits us in the resurrection, when Christ will transform our mortal bodies and God will bring His people into the fullness of His new creation (1 Cor. 15:42–54; Rev. 21:4). That is the healing for which every child of God can ultimately hope with certainty. And to fellow believers, never stop trusting God for healing, provision, deliverance, or help in circumstances beyond your strength. But never stop loving Him when the answer you desire does not come. Whether He heals us now, sustains us through suffering, or raises us in glory at the resurrection, His faithfulness remains unchanged. And above every miracle we could ever experience stands the greatest hope of all: Jesus Christ, crucified and risen, through whom God has promised the final redemption of His people.