When it comes to sin, don’t wait for the miracle, ACT the miracle.
Acting a miracle is different from working a miracle. If Jesus tells a paralyzed man to get up, and he gets up, Jesus works a miracle. But if I am the paralyzed man and Jesus tells me to get up, and I obey and get up, I act the miracle. If I am dead Lazarus and Jesus commands me to get up, and I obey, Jesus works the miracle, I act the miracle. So when it comes to killing my sin, I don’t wait passively for the miracle of sin-killing to be worked on me, I act the miracle. -John Piper
