We are not waiting on God, He is waiting on us to be prepared. Ask yourself, if things manifested, are you ready? Would you be able to handle it? We need to let the Holy Spirit be our teacher, and cast away what we have learned from the world.
However, even though they were everyday people, they would hear the voice of the Lord and they would act on it. And this is...
God will use what we already know, but give us instructions to make the results supernatural, just like when Peter fished for the temple...