Am I a Walking Miracle?

Fifteen years ago, we experienced a miracle in my family. Our oldest son was born with a cleft palate. The experts said it would require several surgeries. With great disappointment, my son had an unsuccessful reconstructive surgery at six month old. The doctor explained they were only able to realign some muscles but were not able to fix the hole in the roof of his mouth. We were so disappointed but we began to pray. What else could we do?

Two weeks later, the surgery was healing nicely but the gaping hole was still so obvious. If God was good, why couldn’t they fix the hole the first time? Was he even a miracle working God? A few weeks later, I peeped into my son’s mouth and the hole appeared smaller. Two weeks later, it was the size of a pencil eraser. Two weeks later, I took my son to the doctor and we marveled that the hole was completely closed. No additional surgeries were required. We had witnessed a miracle. Praise God! My son is a walking miracle.

When Lazarus was raised to life in John 11, he became a walking miracle. As soon as Jesus said, “LAZARUS, COME OUT,” the dead cells (four days dead) regenerated, sinews reconnected, bones moved, air came into the lungs, consciousness returned, and he came to live. He walked out of the grave and they removed his grave clothes because he no longer needed them. He was alive and a walking miracle.

Are you a walking miracle? Has Jesus healed you, sent you a loving spouse, given you a job that pays the bills, put a roof over your head, protected you in an accident, given you life, and given you salvation? These are all miracles of our wonder working God. May we be quick to share the miracles of our life.

This week, our church considered question number 12 of the Global Methodist Church Catechism: “How does God reconcile us in Christ?” In other words, how does God restore us through Christ? Our answer at Austin Global Methodist Church is: “God reconciles us to himself through the death of Christ upon the cross.” We are made alive because Jesus died and rose again for us.  If you’d like to learn more about reconciliation we have because of Jesus, study Matt. 27:26, 50, 59-60; Mark 15:15, 37, 45-46; Luke 23:23-25, 46, 53; John 19:16, 30, 33-34, 38-42; Rom 3:21-26; 5:6-11; 1 Cor. 15:3-4 in your personal devotions.

Now go forth, fully alive, bearing witness that you are a walking miracle because of Jesus!

Blessings,

Rev. Lauren Green Yates, MDiv.

Pastor of Austin Global Methodist Church

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