Exodus 23:25 “And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.’
DAILY READING; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ezekiel 10-11; Isaiah 42
In 1986, 37 years old Wendy Lawson, who worked as a paramedic, woke up one morning, unable to feel the left side of her body. Two days later, the numbness spread to her right side. Paralyzed and scared, Wendy went to the hospital where a battery of tests revealed she had Multiple Scorosis, an incurable and disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system.
For the next 11 years, she battled the disease, and was in and out of wheelchairs, hospitals and rehabs. She sometimes had season of remission where she felt better, only to succumb again to severe attacks of the MS.
Her suffering led her to begin going to church. Though she sometimes lay crippled in the pews to listen to the sermon because she couldn’t sit up, her faith and love for God began to grow.
In April 1997, her Church planned an international trip to conduct a healing crusade in Madagascar. Wendy desired to go and God answered her prayer to be in remission long enough to go on the trip.
During the crusade, as thousands came forward for prayers, Wendy prayed for a small boy with a broken leg. As she laid hands on the boy, she felt her hands tingling with fire and miraculously the boy’s broken bones were healed. At that very moment Wendy felt God say to her that she was also healed of the MS. Wendy believed God’s Word and so decided on the flight home to stop taking all of her medicine.
Though she didn’t see immediate change she began thanking God day and night for her healing. Over the next few months, Wendy started to feel better and after six months, she visited her doctor for a checkup. The doctor was amazed as the test results showed she was totally healed.
As Wendy returned to a normal active life, she began to go on more medical mission trips and today has travelled to over 37 different countries ministering to people in need. Her story is recorded in her book titled “God’s Madcap Missionary.”
All the years Wendy was focused on her sickness, she remained afflicted. But when she stepped out by faith to minister to others, she got her healing. Certainly when we water others, we get watered also. The miracles we need will often come when we focus on bringing miracles to those in need.
As we grow in faith, we should increasingly shift to living a life of service. We no longer ask “Who’s going to meet my needs?” but rather the question becomes “In what ways can I meet the needs of others?”
Jesus has made a difference in our hearts so that we can make a difference in our world.
No matter where you are or what challenges you’re facing, you can look beyond your needs and allow God use you to bring succor to others.
Our success and fulfillment in life is determined by our level of service.
It is the key to our advancement. As we minister to others, we receive multiplied blessings and get catapulted to greater heights.
1 Peter 4:10-11 says, “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms… so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.”
God doesn’t just want to work in you, He wants to work through you to positively affect the lives of people.
Let us therefore by God’s grace, continually seek ways to serve wherever we go. As we do, we are preparing the ground for our own harvest of miracles. Certainly, what we sow is what we will reap, what we make happen for others, surely, God will make happen for us.
PRAYER: Lord, please enable me to focus on serving You in every way I can and be a blessing to humanity. As I do, I thank You for the speedy release of my own harvests of miracles in Jesus’ Name.
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Illuminate your world, for you are a star destined to shine- – WORDBITE 222