Psalms 126: 1-2 ‘When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.’
DAILY READING – Luke 4:1-30; Ezekiel 44-45; Isaiah 64
Dr. Ben Carson, in his book ‘Gifted hands” shared how God miraculously helped him to pass a crucial examination.
As a freshman at Yale University, Ben Carson fell behind in his chemistry class. On the night before the final exam, he knew he was going to fail. This would mean dropping out of the pre-med program and dashing his dream of ever becoming a medical doctor.
That night, his soul cried out in desperation to God. He prayed to God to perform a miracle that would help him pass the exam. After the prayer, Ben felt an inexplicable peace, he had faith that God would somehow intervene.
As he pored through his thick chemistry textbook, he soon fell into a deep asleep. While he slept he had a strange dream; He was alone in a chemistry lecture hall and a shadowy figure stood at the board and solved chemistry problems.
When he woke up in the morning, he recalled most of the answers from his dream and hurriedly wrote them down. When he got to the exam hall, to his greatest surprise the questions on his exam sheet, were identical to those solved by the shadowy figure in his dream.
Ben Carson was able to get most of the answers and passed the exam with flying colors. He couldn’t thank God enough, for performing the amazing miracle that saved him from failure. Ben Carson went on to become the first surgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins joined at the head and is today, celebrated as one of the best neurosurgeons in the world.
When Ben Carson cried out in desperation for a miracle, God answered in an amazing way.
In many instances in the Bible, God did miracles in response to those who cried out in desperation to Him.
In Luke 18:37-43, Jesus was passing by, when Blind Bartimaeus began to cry out ‘Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.’
People around him, rebuked him and asked him to keep quiet but he only cried more desperately until Jesus stopped and called for him and healed him.
Bartimaeus didn’t stand idly by and expect Jesus to heal him, he did something to attract his miracle.
God says when we open our mouths wide, He will fill it.
What miracle do you need from God today? It is time to cry out to Him because His ears are open to the cries of the righteous. .
Certainly, you can’t watch this year pass you by with no tangible progress or results. Don’t keep waiting and wishing. You have to do something to secure Heaven’s attention and move God’s hand in your direction. It is indeed time to cry out in faith.
We rightly position ourselves to receive miracles from God when we approach Him in faith. And faith comes by hearing the Word of God.
Therefore as we fill our hearts with God’s Word and cry out in the place of prayer, God will miraculously intervene to stop us from experiencing failure in any area this year. Every evil plot to frustrate our progress will be overturned. Where we were meant to fall, we will arise and soar. Through dreams, visions and revelations, God will show us what to do to rise to our next level. Indeed we shall be seeing the amazing help of God in supernatural occurrences in our lives.
We are in the ninth month, which is a month of birthing. It is a time of manifestation and a season of reaping. Therefore let us be expectant, because God will yet do great things with us.
If you have been fighting the good fight of faith, this is not the time to grow weary, because your due season is on the way.
Though you may have sowed in tears, you are about to reap in joy.
The Lord will so turn your captivity that you will be like them that dream. Your mouth will be filled with laughter and your tongue with singing. [Psalms 126: 1-2]
PRAYER: Lord, Please enable me to pay the spiritual price of prayer, study of Your Word and praise, so that I can experience new dimensions of Your wonders. Thank You Lord for the great things You are about to do in Jesus Name.
QUOTE
Until you cry out in the place of prayer certain things won’t happen. WORD BITE 222