As believers in Jesus Christ, as a follower of Him, our natural self wants to see real life miracles. When someone is ill, we pray and ask Jesus to heal that person. And that is what Jesus wants us to do, ask Him. When our budgets have been stretched too thin we pray to Jesus to help us.
This is absolutely the right thing to do. Jesus wants us to pray, seek Him, listen for Him to answer. The problem is us. Are we asking in faith? Are we willing to accept the answer Jesus gives us?
Answer? What answer? Isn’t it true that Jesus wants to heal us? What is going on here? There are so many answers to the questions. But there is one big answer. That is the fact Jesus may have healed us in a different manner than we expected. Here are some examples.
My husband has an aortic aneurysm. It was a beautiful sunny September day. Paul was sleeping before he had to work that night. When he got up he yelled out to me in pain. Upper back pain and abdominal pain. He then collapsed back on the bed. He was fading very fast. I could not get any vital signs on him. I called 911. Paramedics were here within one minute. (Thank God for small towns). When the two of them came in and saw Paul they knew just as I did, the aneurysm was leaking. They tried getting an IV in, his veins were collapsing. As not to waste time, they called the helicopter which was at the fire station waiting when we got there. They packed him up and told me where he was going.. The hospital is one hour from here. The copter had him there in 14 min. The paramedics got the IV in, and many other things. His pulse was beating ONE time per minute. No BP could be detected. Their ultrasounds confirmed and showed the blood pooling into his abdomen. I called for prayer. People praying all over the world. God please heal Paul. Save his life. That was all I could think of. I got to the hospital in an hour. Ran into ER looking for my husband. They took me to him. I walked in to his cubicle, he was sitting up drinking some juice. And he was nice and pink. He said wow, power of prayer. I should say so.
The doctors explained to us they could see him bleeding from the aneurysm . When they were getting ready for surgery to save his life the doctor decided on one more CT Scan. They whipped him out of the scanner and put him back in. 3-4 times. They told us during the CT Scan they visibly saw the blood go back into his heart and the aneurysm close up. The moment Paul’s miracle occurred. But wait, the doctor told us the aneurysm is still there and is the same size it was prior to the incident. They couldn’t explain it. But they knew something happened. They called it a miracle.
Well how was there a miracle then if the aneurysm is still there? We prayed and asked God if we got it wrong. We both clearly heard the Holy Spirit. The Lord saying “ I did heal him”, “I am healing him”.
Some miracles can be done instantly and over with. The Lord is to be glorified. This isn’t something that can be seen with the naked eye. Therefore Paul’s miracle is on going. When he sees his cardiologist every six months they measure the aneurysm. It has consistently shrunk in size . It is smaller than it was. Yes, there is his miracle. Still going on. Jesus explained that more people will believe this way.
You see that is what is important. That our Lord Jesus Christ is glorified in all of this. So there are times for that instant miracle that everyone can see. And then you have a miracle like Paul’s. It is in stages.
Either way, when we pray, earnestly seek Him, for His glory, then He will hear us, and give us what we need. Jesus says believe in Him and trust Him. He is always with us.
Jesus is always moving on our behalf. He wants you to receive your miracle, but it may not be time yet. But don’t give up. Keep praying to Him. He says to believe and trust in Him.
“He has made everything appropriate in its time. “
Ecclesiastes 3:11 HCSB
