God's Miracle Power
First published 2013
Revised 2024
Here’s a thought. I was at the Vet’s the other day when the cashier recited the total amount owing and then she added “to our trusted government we owe…taxes". I replied; “How odd. We entrust ourselves to the government and they in turn raise taxes. Their organizations are poorly managed and they waste the tax dollars we provide. What a shame! We entrust ourselves to the pet food companies and then our beloved pet dies due to tainted food. We entrust ourselves to the food manufacturers and we attribute sickness to the increased chemical content in foods. We entrust ourselves to public schooling and our children are improperly educated." (My daughter graduated from a grade 12 math course but later required upgrading as she achieved only a 3rd grade equivalency). This list can go on and on. If you just take a second to think about it I am sure that you will concur, there are a lot of organizations that we use without being fully satisfied and yet we continue to use their services over and over again. Who can we trust today?
Proverbs 3: 5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.
During our conversation I mentioned the Word of God (Holy Bible) to her. She responded positively by stating “I like it when you come in because you always have something insightful to say.” We chatted for a few minutes and both wore a smile as I left. This, however, is not a typical response that I get after mentioning the bible. A response is generally phrased like this; “I can’t believe that stuff, it’s written by man” or “that’s nothing but a fairy tale”, and then the conversation is over. This negative response saddens me though as I am not able to share the wonderful blessings that my friend and Savior Jesus Christ has done for me.
1 Peter 2: 21-24 NKJ "...because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return, when He suffered, He did not threaten. but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness--by whose stripes we were healed."
One of my most cherished memories is of my 2nd granddaughter who was born having a very large softball sized growth on her scull. The medical professionals, at first, weren’t sure of its origin, so, out of caution it was decided that they would wait for as long as 3 years before a removal could be initiated. This alarmed us as you could well imagine, however, after some time the doctor determined the growth to be a cyst and that it should shrink and disappear completely within 3 months. My wife after hearing the news wasn’t very happy with his analysis as this growth was uncomfortable for the baby and unwanted by us. Her belief in the healing power of God is unwavering, so, she phoned my daughter, chatted for a few minutes and then instructed her to place her hands over the growth while she commanded the growth to be gone. It was gone in 4 days! The scripture that she quoted during her prayer was “by His stripes we were healed” (1 Peter 2:24). Many reading this may scoff but this did happen and most importantly my granddaughter is now healthy and living cyst free. We are elated and this miracle certainly helped to increase our faith and trust in the Word of God.
Mark 16: 16-18 NKJ He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe is condemned. And theses signs will follow those who believe. In my name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.
The Holy scriptures tell us that Jesus went about the countryside doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil.(Acts 10:38) He commissioned his own 12 disciples to go ahead of Him and sharing the gospel before His arrival in a new town or village. (Luke 9: 1-6). He later commissioned a further 70 disciples and before ascending into Heaven, He commissioned us. (Mark 16: 16-20) He gave us promises that we can trust. It’s time for us to take His promises more seriously. The exercising of faith is like striking a match. Imagine the result. Many forest fires have been ignited by a single match. God is not a respecter of persons. I am hopeful that you will step out in faith, as my wife did, and trust God for your miracle too.
