It is rather an attempt to get God to manipulate things in one's behalf. That is magic. The truth telling Jesus did and the authority he was given by God were the foundation of miracle. The people in Nazareth could not hear the truth and did not recognize the authority. The people of Capernaum heard the truth and saw the authority.
Some clergy report having seen miracles.
But they also report that some times the beneficiary of the miracle rejects it. The reason for the rejection is usually couched in language of disbelief or unworthiness. Disbelief is the unwillingness to perceive the truth. We are all to some degree disbelieving because we are all sinners. The sin keeps us from seeing the truth that we live in.