Miracles

I came across the other day a blog where a missionary in Africa was trying to understand when one can say that God has brought about a miracle.

From my understanding of the word, If there is complete disappearance of all the symptoms of the disease; then what would have otherwise resulted in certain death or prolonged illness could be termed as a miracle. However if the symptoms persist one will have to continue to do all that is within ones resources to care for the patient and leave that which cannot be provided for in God’s hands to care for. We can humbly be comforted by the words of encouragement that came to St.Paul from our awesome Lord and Savior, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)”

“Physician heal thyself!” Is it really possible to heal ourselves? Only one thing I am certain of, is the new life of a physical, mental, and spiritual reawakening that has come to me in the presence of God, and so shall it be whether in life or in death. Through the eyes of faith we see divine healing and through the eyes of a wise physician we see the patient's medical condition; it is in the intertwining of the two, we find faith, hope and love in Jesus Christ our Lord. Does that mean we are being of double mind? Certainly not! We come to God with all our fears of our limited understanding , to be submerged with that of God’s mind, so that in the end we may be of a single mind that hopes for God’s will to prevail. Jesus’s concluding prayer before the crucifixion to God was, “Not my will but thine be done.”

We need to believe that He is a miracle working God. By being humble and meek we do not try to supersede God’s will. With the help of the Holy Spirit we plead for their lives with prayers and petitions that helps to ease the pressure of our worries and clear our minds of our anxieties of the situation. We need to believe that if it is God’s will, He can do the impossible. We should never forget that Jesus loves them more than we do.

I remember after a major operation, my cousin brother went into a four organ failure. We all wanted him to live. We believed that God could heal him. We all prayed for strength and courage, especially for his wife and two school going daughters. The physicians had reduced his survival to lower than 5%. But we continued to pray that God will give my cousin the will to endure and come out of this crisis. He lived and it slowly dawned on us that what we see through the eyes of a physician is reality, but what we see through the eyes of faith is God’s omnipotent power to heal. Jesus said to his disciples and the crowd that had gathered with the boy who needed healing, "Canst thou believe, all things are possible to him that believeth? And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief."( Mark 9:23-24).”

In times of doubt let us make this our prayer, “Lord I believe, help thou my unbelief.”