Incredible Stories
Last night I, and a few others, sat listening to our friend share about what God has been doing in her family. We were captivated for more than 5 hrs and still wide eyed with wonder and astonishment at 2am. It was the kind of sharing that came from the depth of her heart....real, personal experiences and encounters of a divine kind. It was about a personal God who performed miraculous healing for 14 health complications. The kind where medical doctors say there was no chance and yet, each and every impossibility was achieved. It was about subtle and overt demonic manisfestations that were silenced and overcome victoriously by calling on the name of Jesus. It was about hardened hearts of stone that have been softened by the love of God. Hands that once held joss sticks on a regular basis now clasped in prayer to God. This scene so impossible only a few months back. Now impossible to deny the supernatural acts and presence of a supernatural God. Now, there are new hearts, new spirits and new desires. Just like those mentioned in Ezekiel 36.
It was about so many "coincidences" that were uncanny. The same thoughts and bible verses that kept popping up at strategic times. Yet through different ways and different people who didn't even know each other. An arrow prayer that was shot up to God and came answered precisely by a timely SMS by an acquaintance. This is goose pimple material. A remark that stays in my mind that was uttered by a pre-believer then:
How come your God is so direct?
It was about passages from Psalms that came 'alive' with such clarity and directness to her doubt, fears and questions. But those Psalms were written 1500 years ago. It was about how the words in the Bible became her lifeblood, and soon the lifeblood of those around her. It was about a pre-believer's description of a vision of Jesus he had seen in his dream. A very clear dream. How did he know it was Jesus? He said.....he simply knew. It was a bright dazzling light and although he could not see the face, he simply knew it was Jesus, the Son of God. It was about an inner peace that transcends human understanding. Logic simply went out of the window. There was no denying the spiritual realm and the spiritual warfare that was being waged. I was and still am awed. Incredible stories......of an incredible God.