Faith vs. Law (II)

What is the role played by Law in the history of salvation? St. Paul opined that the Law acted as the custodian before faith arrived, until faith is revealed.
Now before faith came, we were confined under the law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed.
So that the law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith (Galatians 3:23-24).
Therefore, faith is the "higher" path. Before Christ was born, the Jews only knew to observe the Law. Why not? The Law (Torah) is the only tangible thing handed down from heaven.
If we want to get back to heaven, to enjoy heavenly bliss and eternal life, what else shall we do, other than the observance of the Law? Nothing! Therefore, it is not too difficult to lead a peaceful life with God. The Torah is fixed and it will not change over night. Stick to the letters. Don't be too flexible and you will not run into trouble.
But when Jesus came, all the security vanished. Keeping the letters of the Law was no longer workable. Jesus was such a flexible person. He did not like to observe Sabbath. What was worse, people who believed in him would became the sons of God, became angels! That was outrageous to pious Jews.
for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith (Galatians 3:26).
But what made Paul so confident in the faith in Jesus? Miracles.
Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith? (Galatians 3:5)
I suspect that miracles cannot solve the problem. Once a while, having miracles is good and reassuring. Miracles solve many problems and you are sure that God is around. But miracle is a very tricky thing. God works a lot of miracles which men do not see. Men want something while God wants others. Then the miracles God has worked are not registered in the perception of men. Yes, it is good to have miracles. But our faith cannot rely on miracles alone. After miracles, we need rational reasoning and pragmatic living. How shall we lead our life after miracles?
Paul saw that there was no turning back. Christians cannot resort to the observance of the Law like ordinary Jews any more. Law was imposed from outside. Christians must take the initiative to observe the Law. They observe the Law not out of fear of punishment from outside. Rather they need to motivate people to observe the Law out of the love of oneself and of fellow men, in short, out of love from inside. Here, Paul was following the tradition of Jeremiah and Ezekiel (Jeremiah 31:33, Ezekiel 36:27). Here, Paul invented a new imagery: putting on Christ.
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:27-28).
Paul and Christians in subsequent generations would and will confront a lot of challenges from people not sympathetic with Christianity. Hopefully, Paul's advice of putting on Christ would help us through these challenges.

My dear Advocate, I do not ask for miracles. I know You have been generous to us and give us miracles even before we ask for them. Help us sustain a strong faith after we experience Your generous miracles. Amen.