A miracle is a boost to a revival. It provides the launching pad and momentum in the drive for revival. Without miracles, signs and wonders, revival will not have an impactful bite. From the way Elisha turned the unpleasant situation of the city, it can be deduced that genuine miracles are not products of incantations or superfluous ceremonies. Our God is simple and does not require ceremonies in His worship.

The Bible is replete with great miracles performed by Jesus Christ, His disciples, or those who came before Him or after, just by the spoken Word. Believers must shun every act aimed at dramatising the wonders of God in the lives of people. The miracle of purifying water happened to establish Elisha as one through whom God worked. The prophet simply called on God to purify the waters and it was done immediately. 

True servants of God know how they commune with Him. These days, we see more of drama than result. All through the ages, spoken words have always worked wonders. God has not changed and His words remain the same. Immediately after the miracle of water purification, some children began to mock Elisha. They began to jeer and sneer at the man of God. The children were old enough to assume responsibility for their disrespectful behaviour towards a man of God.

They reaped the consequences of their insults as they received immediate judgment pronounced on them by Elisha. Believing parents must train their children to be respectful. Our children must not be hooligans who follow miscreants to foment trouble in the streets. By the same token, we must trust God for miracles with simple faith, giving more allegiance to the Miracle Worker more than the transient miracles themselves.