Romans 2:13
Not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
DAILY READING Hebrews 11:23-40; Exodus 15; Proverbs 6:1-7:5
John G. Lake was a missionary to South Africa when a deadly bubonic plague broke out there. Many people died from the plague. Despite the danger to his health, John G. Lake still went about ministering to the sick and burying the dead. One day one of the doctors assigned by the government, noticing this, enquired from John G. Lake what he had been using to protect himself such that he had not been able to catch the disease. He answered, “Brother, that is the ‘law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.’ I believe that just as long as I keep my soul in contact with the living God so that His Spirit is flowing into my soul and body, that no germ will ever attach itself to me, for the Spirit of God will kill it.” He then invited the doctors to experiment with him. He asked them to take some foams of living germs of the plague and put on his hand while he kept his hands under the microscope. And as they did so, it was discovered that instead of the germs remaining alive, they all died instantly at coming in contact with his skin. The doctors were beyond measure amazed!
He then explained to them, that the Spirit of God emanating from his body killed the germs.
Indeed, John G. Lake was a man who operated in the power of God at an amazing level. He literally walked and lived in God’s presence. There is a level you can get to in God where the Spirit of God literally takes you over. This is the level where Dr. Lake operated. As Christians, for us to see such mighty manifestations of the Spirit, we have to go deeper in seeking Him. If you take a little sip of alcohol in your house and go out to the street, nobody may know you took a drink except perhaps you tell them. But when you sit down with bottles of alcohol and drink as much, when you walk out of your door, your neighbors will not need to be told, they will definitely know something has happened to you. What made the difference? Volume of intake.
Some Christians may wonder why they lack impactful lives. Why their experiences are no different from that of unbelievers, it could be because they are not yet drinking enough of the Word.
You therefore need to go for real drink; drink enough of the Word for a mighty manifestation of the Spirit in your life. When you are drunk, your talk and your walk will be enough announcements. People will know indeed that something has happened to you. It is not just enough to hear or drink in the Word, you must hear till you get to the point of drunkenness, where the Word dominates you and the Spirit takes you over and begins to move you to do exploits for God. Just as Dr. Lake’s amazing testimony brought glory to God, so should the happenings in your life be a testimony to your neighbors that you are serving a miracle God.
We are called to let our light so shine that men may see our good works and glorify God in Heaven. That will happen when we develop a greater appetite for the Word of God.
PRAYER: Lord, please to develop a greater appetite for Your Word and Your Spirit so that I can begin to see miracles, signs and wonders in my life.
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Your heart needs to be filled with the Word of God to the point of overflow. – WORDBITE 222.
[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]