Miracles are real, and it makes no sense whatsoever to deny their occurrence. However, a person's definition of miracle can lead to vain pursuit.
Generally, miracle is considered as phenomena that cannot be explained by human logic or natural laws. Miracle is the extraordinary feat that is attained with little or no human effort. It is attributed to divine intervention. As such people seek after miracle when they realised that finite human prowess is inadequate. In this case, belief in miracles presuppose belief in the external world or the spirit world. God is a supernatural being, and of course Satan and all wicked spirits are supernatural. Thus the millions of gods or deities in India, Japan, Benin and other parts of the world indicate that miracles are real. However, people give varied reasons about what constitute a miracle. Some believe that child birth, the ability to talk, see, and the rest of the operations of the human body are in themselves miracles. On the other hand, some also belief that raising the dead, healing the sick, deliverance from demonic activities of some sort, and having our needs met in some unexplained way are what miracle is all about. In this case to define miracle is more like defining success because people define success differently.
When people perceive miracles only as something remote from the day to day grace that God affords us naturally they are likely to become less appreciative of God. As such, they would more likely ignore many a miracle they experience daily. Unfortunately, today many fine Christians are ignoring sound doctrine and have become victims of obsessive search for miracles. God does not expect us to be led by "miracles" but rather His word.
