Michael Adi

*Principles Build, Miracles Prove*
_Principles build mature stewards. Miracles prove God is alive._

Inasmuch as miracle money is God’s act of intervention in cases where working by principles will take longer, principles are God’s best ways of achieving His purposes — mainly because they are easily replicable. None of the proponents of miracle-money preaching can use miracle money to attain this noble feat, because it’s not God’s best method. As such, the church will only attract mockery if it sells miracle money as God’s primary way of meeting a believer’s financial needs.

Yet Scripture also shows that God reserves the right to intervene supernaturally when principles alone cannot explain the timing or the need. Elijah was fed by ravens 1 Kings 17:6, the widow’s oil did not run dry 2 Kings 4:6, and Jesus paid tax with a coin from a fish’s mouth Matt 17:27. These miracles do not cancel diligence; they confirm that God is Lord over both process and timing.

Principles build because they can be taught, modeled, and passed on from generation to generation. Miracles prove because they display that God is not bound by the process He ordained. The church’s posture, therefore, should be: teach principles as the lane, pray for miracles as the exception, and never promise what only God can sovereignly give. That way we avoid mockery, build mature stewards, and still leave room for God to be God.

*Principles are the path God commands. Miracles are the power God displays. Teach the path, trust the Power.*

Michael Adi