Why does God perform miracles?

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Why does God perform miracles? Recently, I shared on here about the time I went to Brazil and I met a mom and daughter who told me the story about how they were driving home from church at 2:00 in the morning and at one of the crossways on the way home, someone got into the back of their car, forced them into an alleyway, and then shot both of them in the head. A few moments later, the mom wakes up, the guy is gone, God tells the mom to keep driving, but they run into two fishermen who also happen to be head trauma surgeons who God used to save the mom and daughter. And it got me thinking, why does God perform miracles? Well, this morning I was reading the story about Moses and God showed me something very interesting. So, you know that part where God is talking to Moses through the burning bush? God tells Moses, "I'm going to send you to go get my people out of Egypt." Moses says, "Who am I?" He's 80, by the way. God tells Moses, "I'll be with you. This is how it's going to happen. Some stuff's going to go down, but eventually the king of Egypt will let you go." And then Moses says, "What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, 'The Lord did not appear to you?'" And then God gives Moses three miracles to show to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Now, at first, they seem like random miracles. Moses' staff turns into a snake, he can give himself leprosy by putting his hand in to his cloak, then take it away by doing it again. And then third, he can take water from the Nile, pour it out, and it turns into blood. They do seem random, but God has a reason for everything. Why would he do these miracles? This is crazy, you ready? The snake was a symbol of power connected to their gods. And it was said that Pharaoh wore crown with a snake on it, emphasizing that power, glorifying their gods. So, when Moses turns his staff into a snake, God knew that Pharaoh would pay attention to it because of what the snake represented to them. Second, leprosy. By God doing this miracle, turning leprosy on and then taking it away, God is showing he's sovereign, a healer, and in control of all of it. And third, turning the water from the Nile into blood. To the Egyptians, the Nile represents the lifeblood of the city that they thought was given to them by the gods. It sourced their drinking water, supplying them with what they needed to survive daily. And through that miracle of turning into blood, God demonstrated that he is the one and only God in control of everything. So, now we know these miracles weren't random. God gave these intentional miracles to Moses because, in his words, so that they may believe. Why does God perform miracles? What if it's so that they may believe? Fast forward to Jesus. It says Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples which are not recorded in this book, but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. Remember the mom and daughter who survived getting shot in the head? The dad of that family ended up giving his life to Christ because he thought, "If my family could survive this, the God of the Bible, Jesus, has to be real." What if even the miracles of Moses tell God's story and point to Jesus? Turning the staff into a snake. Remember the story of the Garden of Eden? The serpent tricked them into sinning. Leprosy, representing us being unclean. But who also healed leprosy, the incurable disease? Jesus. And what about taking a cup from the source of life, the Nile to them, and spilling it out into blood? Who talked about living water, the source of life? Whose blood was spilled out for us? Ding ding. Jesus. What if it's all so that we may believe? God is so good, isn't he? Let me know how we can be praying for each other today. God bless you, friends.