#21 Signs & Wonders

Yesterday I had the opportunity to sit down with someone that I love.  As we sat there I shared with him the greatest of all miracles that we each get to experience as a Christian, a proof that God is real and active in our lives. It’s the greatest of the signs and wonders and for the most part it goes unnoticed in our lives. 

 

As Christian’s I believe we all have a desire to not only see true miracles but we also want to allow God to work miracles through us. I believe that this is a God given desire because we have been made in His image and it’s natural for us to want to reflect Him.  But today it’s not about that it’s about the greatest miracle of all. The miracle of salvation. Probably more than any other time in history there is a struggle in the mind.  Anxiety and depression are overwhelming us and it is leaving us hollow and feeling unloved as we struggle through the day to day of life.  For that reason Salvation to me is the greatest of all miracles and we have all experienced it. When we come to Christ and submit our lives to Him and ask Him to forgive us of our sins and receive that salvation, a verifiable miracle occurs. All of the things we have done wrong, all of the things that separate us from Him, all of the mental challenges are washed away.  We are made new, our minds are renewed, it’s instant.  There is a miracle that happens that a billion dollars of therapy can’t do. It’s the miracle of being made right with God, not because of something you did but because of everything that He did.  Think about it... How hard it is for people to get over mental issues, and yet God can come in and make the vilest clean, and they know it and they receive it? No therapy needed. That’s a miracle. But there is an enemy that comes in and immediately starts the work of accusing. So let me share this as a personal testimony of what God has for us.  

 

After the miracle of God’s love for me being revealed I had an encounter with the enemy.  Like he had done so many times before He came accusing me, it was like a movie of everything I had ever done wrong was playing out on a screen in front of me.  He wasn’t saying anything just the memories of all of my failures were flying through my mind and it was overwhelming. Then he whispered... “I know who you really are”.  I’m standing there literally feeling all of the emotions of every failure, it is being poured on me like hot lava, engraving itself back into my mind. It was at the moment, born out of the knowledge of God’s love and acceptance for me, that I whispered back, “Then you know who my Savior is...”  -And it stopped!  As a matter of fact to this day, I couldn’t tell you one thing out of the millions of things I was being accused of. It was gone. 

 

Father,

 

Thank You for loving on me today. Thank You for washing and making me clean. I’m already facing some things that if allowed them to would overwhelm me.  Most are self inflicted, so I’m so thankful for Your mercy, I’m so thankful for Your faithfulness, and I know I’ve already said it but I’m so thankful that You love me.  Thank you for the miracle of forgiveness, for the miracle of being made right before You. Thank You for leading me through this day and giving me favor and influence, thank You for meeting my needs today, and blessing those around me.  

 

I love you,

Stacy