As we near the Feast of Trumpets, God's chosen people are obligated to reflect deeply on His purposeful, awe-inspiring works throughout creation history, as well as in our own personal lives. Psalm 111 teaches us that remembering God's previous works strengthens our faith and provides endurance throughout trials. As we observe the grandeur of the cosmos, including the creation of the earth in which Almighty God has provided an endless supply of water for its inhabitants, to the detailed shaping of individual human lives, God's intricate design is both majestic and personal. The biblical examples of the creation, the Red Sea deliverance, transforming Moses's doubt to divine trust, and subsequent leadership, we must learn to trust God's active presence, especially in crisis. Forgetting this trust leads to fear and division, but remembering reignites faith, unity, and a sense of responsibility. As we prepare for the upcoming Holy Days, we must remember that Almighty God is working not only in the world, but in our personal lives as well, training us to lead, act, and believe with conviction, realizing that His works are not just past events, but rather living testimonies, designed to guide us now and be remembered in perpetuity.

Martin Collins asserts that miracles and signs from God, while certainly generating awe and fear, seldom lead to righteousness, but more likely to continued rebellion. Jesus points out that only an adulterous generation seeks after miracles and signs. No greater period of miracles took place in history than at the time of the Exodus, including the plagues of Egypt, the parting of the Red Sea, and the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai. Yet, the stiff-necked Israelites rebelled against God on ten separate occasions. The longest period of growth and stability in Israel occurred under David's and Solomon's reigns, a period attended by no miracles. Elijah and Elisha performed godly miracles during a massive apostasy. John the Baptist, proclaimed by Jesus as the greatest of men, performed no miracles whatsoever. The miracles and signs Jesus performed were received with awe, but also with much ridicule and scoffing from the religious leaders. Axiomatically, the spiritually weak need miracles; the more spiritually mature one becomes, the fewer signs and wonders he needs to sustain faith. God blessed the Corinthian congregation with spiritual gifts (of discerning prophecy, speaking in tongues, healing, etc.), but the vanity which these gifts produced led to party-spirit and jealousy. In the future, the False Prophet and Beast will lead many astray by miracles and signs, deceiving most of the world. As God's called-out ones, walking humbly with God should displace any desperate need for signs and wonders.