lamentations 3:22 ‘It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness’
DAILY READING – Luke 18:1-17; Genesis 29:31-30:43; Psalm 23
Daniel 5:21 says, The Most High God rules in the kingdom of men. Flipping through the pages of history, we find this indeed so. God rules in the affairs of men. There are defining moments, life changing points, where without doubt you know God reached down to intervene in the affairs of men. 1928 would be one of such times. At that period, with no knowledge of antibiotics, infectious diseases had been ravaging mankind. Can you imagine a small cut on the finger, becoming so infected with bacteria that it could lead to death. This was the state of the world then, and there were no drugs that could kill infections. Streptococcus pyogenes caused half of all post-birth deaths and was a major cause of death from burns. Staphylococcus aureus was fatal in 80 percent of infected wounds and the tuberculosis and pneumonia bacteria were famous killers. Doctors were trying their best but they lacked the adequate drugs. In wars more soldiers died from infections than from actual wounds. Many a mother had wept helplessly as the cold hands of death snatched away their children , it was almost reminiscent of the children of Israel crying under the oppression of pharaoh, but this Pharaoh was killer infections. God heard the cries of men, and sent help.
September 28 is a special day in history. It is a day, 90 years ago, that God especially intervened in human affairs. On this day in 1928, something amazing happened that changed the course of the human story. Indeed it is of The Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, His compassion fail not.[lamentations 3:22].
Today some will call it an accidental discovery, or mere coincidence, but indeed it was a divine arrangement that led Dr. Flemming, a Christian doctor, to discover penicillin. He was working on some mould of staphylococci, [a source of serious and often deadly human infection] before going on a vacation. When he returned to his lab, he found that on the culture dish where he was growing the mould of staphylococci, another mould had appeared on the plate from nowhere which was now killing and hindering the Staphylococci. Further experiments led to the production of penicillin drug, which became a wonder drug that cured infections. Indeed it became a life changing moment in human history. During ww1 18% of soldiers died from infected wounds, but by ww2 when the drug was given to soldiers, the death rate from infections was less than 1 %.
It is unimaginable what life would have been like without the discovery of antibiotics. Today the infections that killed people in the past are stopped by a simple dose of antibiotics. Indeed God rules in the affairs of men. And it is of His mercies that we are not consumed, and if God can have mercy on the world to send help, how much more those of us who belong to His kingdom. God’s deliverance is always available to His children. There may be times in our lives when certain problems may look like they have no solutions. but it is never over until God says so. The God who rules in the affairs of men knows how to intervene and bring about our deliverance. He can do for us exceedingly, abundantly above all we can ever think or imagine. And today He will arise for you, He will do something so amazing and life changing that men will know that indeed this can only be the finger of God.
PRAYER: Lord, please help me to always know you rule in my affairs. Even now I know You are at work to exceed my expectations, I thank You for your goodness in my life. Indeed with You nothing shall be impossible.
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You will never need more than God to experience the impossible in life. WORDBITE 222.