Dear Friend,

I have been extremely encouraged in the Lord lately! Not only have I been seeing God work miracles among His people during church services, but with others within the community. It's exciting to see the Hand of God moving!

I contracted some concrete work to be done at my home recently. I discovered one evening that all the work had been completed upon entering my driveway. The contractor and his helper were cleaning up and returning equipment to their trucks. I quickly noticed that the contractor was painfully nursing a swollen hand and wrist. He said he had injured it earlier in the day and was unable to move it. Whether it was broken or not we couldn't tell. I asked if I could pray for him. With a bewildered look on his face he said, "Yeah, sure." So we did just that.

His response was rather amusing as we stood there and talked awhile. You see, I knew that he believed in Christ, but he knew nothing about me. He began to testify of the numerous miraculous healings that he had received during his lifetime. The ring that he had to take off was placed back on his finger. One thing that you must understand about Southerners...we speak alot with our hands. Excitement came to the face that was earlier grimaced with obvious discomfort! A discovery had been made! He could still speak in the Southern fashion! God had healed his wrist while we talked! He smiled as he said, "Guess ah won't haf ta go to dat doctor in da mornin' after all!"

You ever felt like you were being set up by God? Expect it. It seems to be pretty regular in my life. He will do something that you know that no one else could have done. But what I may be completely unaware of is that He decides - without asking I might add - that a pattern has been set! We've got to understand something about God...He knows that He is God. You see...He's the potter...and we're the...well...um...clay. That means He shapes us into what He wants. How uncomfortable.

The Lord had spoken to me last week to tell the concrete man story to my chiropractor. So I did just that. He had injured his "wrist" (same hand) playing softball on his church league weeks earlier. He did all the natural things that he could do, but swelling and pain kept it uncomfortable. His wrist is his trade. As I told the story his face lit up as he hung on every word. A loud "Yes" was heard by everyone in his office as I asked him if I could pray for him. We prayed and thanked God for a miracle. He patted me on the back and said, "That's the kindest thing anyone has ever done for me!". He later told me that His wrist was instantly healed!

I've said all that to ask this question. Are you ready to see miracles come from your hands? That's what God is preparing His church for right now! That's why it seems like the devil is having his way. God is just exposing him so that He can deal with him! He's removing the chaff from the wheat! He's separating the goat mentality from the sheep! He's dividing the mediocrity out of His believers! 

To God miracles are normal! Who is waiting upon the kindness of the Lord to shown toward them? Who needs a touch from a loving Savior? It was not my touch that made the difference, but that I was available to heed the voice of God. That's been my heart's desire since I was born-again well over twenty years ago. But don't think for one moment that I didn't have to push past fear...because I did. Over the years, I have discovered something about the fear that arises at times like these...right on the other side is the biggest, untapped flow of the power of God I've ever experienced. Get ready! He's coming and His reward is with him...miracles, signs and wonders!

Until we meet again, we are...


Reaching for Heaven & Touching the Nations,
 
Bret A.Wade