The last few weeks have not been the greatest for me health wise. But God has been giving me a little more grace each day to carry on. Today I would like to share some of the healing miracles I have experienced in the past few weeks. Jesus has been using these miracles as a faith tester and a faith builder for me personally.
Two weeks ago Vijay and I went to Chicago to spend time with our Evangelical Union fellowship over there. We spent quality time with the family in the presence of God. What joy it is to sit together and worship Jesus as our Lord. We discussed various topics from evangelism to missions to God's amazing ways. We shared all the wonderful miracles God has done in the past in our families and praised God for His faithfulness. During my stay there I was having a lower back pain. It was not unbearable but uncomfortable. It had been there for a while but not always. I was not able to sit or stand for a long time. I managed however to stay through all the talks and times spent together. On Sunday afternoon just a couple of hours before we were about to leave, the pain started to mount and I had to quick go the bedroom to take a nap. While I was lying down, I reminisced all the miracles that God had done through the Bible. I thought about the division of the Red Sea, dry bones becoming flesh, Lazarus raised from the dead, the blind receiving sight, the leper cured, the lady who was bleeding healed and so on. I went on to claim the same power that God showed in all those situations. I prayed that I may find favor in God's sight and receive that healing power. And praise God, the Miracle Maker heard me. He not only heard me but also answered me. While I was lying down on the bed, I began to move around to check if the pain was still there. I turned to the right. I turned to the left. I sat up straight. And then I began to walk. And voila! Jesus healed me!! I could not contain my joy. Not everyone knew about my pain so I really could not share this news with people there. But I shared this with Vijay and the family that were hosting us. We praised God for His loving kindness.
I work for a Health insurance company as some of you may know. And October 1st which was not very long ago was a very significant day for us with the Obama Care going live and the Affordable Care Act taking place. So we as an insurance company had been working hard and smart to get all those tools out there so that people can shop on our website. Just a week before the go live date, we heard that one of our third party companies who were supposed to deliver a critical part of the project failed to do so. They blatantly lied to us all the while and then a week before the release date, they washed their hands of it. They admitted that they will not be able to deliver as promised. This raised alarms across the company all the way to the CEO level. At that time I was working on a project that was not on a high priority. So my boss came to our team in a panic mode and revealed the whole story. We really did not have much choice but to jump on the wagon and start cranking up some code. And that we did. Four of us worked on this project to get it out within one week. It seemed like an impossible task but God's grace was sufficient for us. We not only delivered the bare minimum requirements but we also gave them some nice to haves. We nailed it! During this process we were sitting in different classrooms and conference rooms to work together. Unfortunately I was not paying attention to my sitting posture or some of those not so comfy chairs. We were focused on getting the work done. A week into the project we were done and ready to deliver. That was when I realized that my back started to hurt again. This time it was more on the hips like some nerves were not doing well. I started to pray and let it heal. A week passed and nothing happened. Vijay finally asked me to call the doctor. I was asked to take Tylenol. I started taking it but did not find any relief. But all the while my trust was in the Miracle Maker than in those pills.
Last night I went to Bible Bonanza - a Bible study group with the students in Calvin College. I missed it twice already and really wanted to be there. Though I took a fair amount of rest during the day, just before we were leaving to Calvin, the pain in my left hip started again. It is not a pain that you always feel. Only when you make a certain movement, this sharp pain stings you. Now I began to feel it more often specially while I was walking. For a minute I thought I would stay back and let Vijay go like last week. But then I just pushed myself to get out. I told myself that there is nothing good that is going to come out by me staying home. So finally we did go to the Bible study. It was very encouraging to see the students involved. Though there were not many in number, there were those faithful few! I was reminded of my college days when those faithful few always turn up no matter what! We studied about Gideon. It was a wonderful study. What great things God can do with just 300 men. The faith of these 300 men was fascinating. God's strategy was bewildering. But all that was expected was obedience - the key to our faith. After the study we were just hanging around and talking. Then Deb one of our friends from Vineyard Church who was driving this Bible study said she would like to pray for my healing. Slowly all the group who were in the room surrounded me and began to pray. We prayed and prayed. At first nothing happened. We prayed again, then I was able to bend my back which I was not able to do before because of the pain.. We prayed again. Then I began to feel the relief. I simply needed that faith. I did not want my unbelief to stop the miracle from happening. ( Mt 13:58). Finally I felt 90% of my pain leave me. Jesus healed me again! Praise God! I was feeling a lot better. We praised Jesus for his healing power. When we returned home I decided not to take the pain killer. I slept believing that I received the healing power. I praised God for I was healed by the blood of Jesus. Today morning as I sit and write this testimony, I feel less than 5% of the pain. Thank you Jesus!
I have no words to thank God for showering His grace upon me when I needed it the most. He is always beside you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Ask and you will receive. Whenever you ask, believe that you have already received it. God is good! His mercies are new each day! His grace is sufficient for us!
All of you out there who are waiting for healing be assured that God is with you and He is the Miracle Maker. Please post any prayer requests you have for healing be it physical, spiritual or emotional, I will join you in praying for your healing!
