How Can We Discount the Supernatural?

Isn't it funny how fickle we are? As Christians we believe strongly in life governed by a Holy Spirit. Like Paul says, we should live life "in the Spirit". So using those as our foundation, fickleness and life in the Spirit, why do we so easily discount the supernatural? We always look for and seek the touchable, the tangible and the intellectual, but don't those things exist primarily in the flesh? If we believe in the supernatural i.e. God, why don't we accept the supernatural workings that we believe are all around us? Why do we expect God to transform the working of his Spirit into tangible or intellectual things just because that's the way we want it? That's like saying we demand a mute person to verbally speak to us since that's the way we communicate thus showing no regard for who they are as a person or the state they're in. And wouldn't you be cutting off any potential communication with this person? He might as well not exist if you're making it impossible to communicate with him.

Now, am I likening God to a mute individual? No. But I am suggesting we discount who God is and the way he speaks to us. If we had a deaf child, wouldn't we SEEK to learn sign language in order that we might communicate with him? Yes! That's pretty much stating the obvious. So why don't we seek to learn the language of the Creator!? He has clearly laid out his plan for communication and the way he operates (again, his Spirit) so why not pursue that? And isn't pursuing the Spirit ultimately the same as pursuing Christ? They seem to go hand-in-hand.

So let's take it a step further: if we aren't sensitive to or can't discern the supernatural, is this a sign we aren't seeking Christ? Couldn't this be an identifier that we are acting primarily in the flesh and are showing little regard towards the Spirit? So when we find ourselves looking for the tangible, the touchable or even the faith-by-intellect, aren't we clearly far from our goal? (i.e. life in the Spirit or relation with Christ) Aren't we cutting off our ability to live this life in consistent communion with him? And if we do that, why would we expect anything from God let alone our "calling" or "purpose" or "plan" to be revealed.

So, if we do the things we talk about above, all we end up with is a belief that exists by intellect alone; a knowledge of something we believe to be true; a biblical understanding of who Christ is but never allowing him to continue to show himself beyond what Genesis through Revelation has revealed to us. Ultimately, we eliminate the ability to be a Paul, a Moses, a Noah or used in the way they were: supernaturally!!! And unlike these men, we sit on the sidelines and read about what has been done in and through them instead of getting in the game and BEING these men. Our call is being constantly communicated by the Holy Spirit but we must first be willing and able to hear. The difference between Christian living in the flesh and in the Spirit is simply "knowing" (flesh) and "doing" (the spirit). Knowledge alone would be a complete waste of time. And do we even really "know" if we aren't living life in the Spirit? I mean jeez, even the demons "know."