EXPERIENCING THE MIRACULOUS

Some have said it makes the hair on the back of their neck stand up.

Others get goose-bumps (sometimes called “glory-bumps”).

For some, tears well up in their eyes.

I’m talking about encountering an undeniable miracle of God in your life—real time.

For all of us these are moments never to be forgotten.

The first reaction may be excitement bordering on being giddy as the pulse quickens and the mind races.

Sometimes there’s an insidious voice of the enemy in the back of your mind that keeps nagging you to reaffirm that you still truly believe and, if you do, to prove what you believe.

In these miracle moments that voice retreats yelping like a kicked dog.

As the awe and glow in your mind and spirit linger you have a growing awareness of how unworthy you are of such an experience. On that cue the yelping dogs turn and snarl back reminding you of your weaknesses and how you do not deserve God’s favor.

Quickly your spirit senses the voice of the Presence of God in you saying, “It’s not about you, it’s about what My Son did for you and purchased for you on the cross. There is not one that deserves this—Jesus gave it to you.”

Then you begin to ask yourself, “Why? What does this mean? God does not waste His power in random display—it is always for a purpose. What does He want me to do?”

Jean and I have had several close encounters with the immediate display of God’s sovereign power in recent days. The awe remains but the giddiness is fading and is being replaced by one of the heaviest of all questions, “What does God want me to do next?”

We feel a stirring expectation deep in our souls. I sometimes sense Him asking me if I trust Him enough to expect to see His healing power sweep through a generation of innocent children infected with AIDS.

Do I believe enough to ask Him to stun the world with how He heals the precious, hurting little ones?

Children’s Cup takes care of as many as 8,000 hurting children daily. What keeps us from doing what Peter did at the Gate Beautiful? He told the lame man, “Silver and gold have I none but such as I have I give you.” And the lame man walked.

Can I truly, or maybe the question should be, “will I” move forward in the expectation we will see this happen?

God help me—like the man said, “Lord, I do believe, help Thou mine unbelief.”