Miracles?

When in life one is going through troubled times, hardship, trials, sickness and even death; one often look to the Lord for miracle of deliverance and healing of some sort. Genuine healing and work of God, I do not deny, but petitioning for miracles when the Lord ordained such incidents to deal with our natural man and gain us, is not called for. If the so called miracles have to happen, all the lessons hidden behind the incidents would never be learned. In fact, the greatest miracle would be not just to bypass the situations but to go through it and come out triumphantly in Christ. Such miracle even the devil will tremble and dread it to the uttermost.

In recent days I have had much fellowship with some saints, particularly in a case where business plan went upside down, yielding a proportionate loss instead of the vainly hoped gain. Every time we fellowshipped the Lord showed one step ahead, not in a way of miracle outwardly sending money from nowhere, but by righteousness and life. A heavy and important decision was taken, in fellowship and prayer, and that led forward a recovery a step each time. Besides, the greatest miracle that I witnessed was the saints losing all their natural self-confidence and trusting in the Lord much more; praying much more, loving the Lord much more and above all, their whole being recovered for the church life! What a miracle this indeed is? What is impossible with man become possible with God! To me, this is a miracle; gaining Christ and being gained by Christ.

Yet another "miracle" may be, I experienced and enjoyed the anointing of the Lord when I fellowship and prayed with the saints. The bigger the problem or matter is, the better the experience, the sweeter the fellowship and the stronger the anointing. Bearing the burden of the saints as though it is mine own, sympathizing with them, encouraging them and standing with them, I feel I am more blessed. Instead of "deliverance" physically, the experiences of Christ in a deeper and richer way is the "miracle." 

Having learned and tasted this "miracle" I would always, as much as the Lord allows, open myself to the saints in need and give my time for fellowship and prayer. Every problem the saints brought in, is a blessing in disguise, a precious gift from the Lord. Only the fools will bypass it; the wise will look to the Lord for the spiritual lessons beneath the problem, whatsoever. Though time, money and energy has to be invested for such, it's worth it. The end result outweigh the investment. 

Lord, grace me to face any challenges in life, be it mine or others, as long as it is from You.