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The Magnificent Seven

by Jerry Ousley  
5/29/2009 / Christian Living

Miracles are extraordinary events that cannot be explained by our natural senses and thinking. I've experienced a few in my life but I know that many people and perhaps some of you can testify to much more than I can. One that happened to me took place when I was in high school. I had a large cyst raise up on my neck. I've told about this before but I'd like to share it again.

This cyst was about the size of a small egg. It was diagnosed and my parents were told that it would be a simple operation to remove it. We had the operation. Apparently some kind of liquid was still in the area, so the surgeon left a small drain tube right in the middle of the stitches to allow the stuff to drain out. Eventually the drain tube was removed but instead of sewing the hole up they allowed it to heal naturally.

I thought it was all over. But several weeks later, after the drain hole had healed, my neck began to swell up again. It would get about as large as it had before until the pressure would force open the weakened area where the drain had been, and then (yuck) all this fluid would come out. Over the course of nearly a year this took place over and over again.

My parents finally convinced me to allow them to take me to another doctor to find out what was going on. In a nut shell he said that apparently the first surgery didn't get it all and that if I didn't have a second surgery that this process would go on the rest of my life. I didn't want that but I didn't want my parents to go through the expense of another surgery (by the way, you'd think surgery would come with some kind of guarantee like other things we purchase wouldn't you?).

I went to the Lord about it and prayed. In short, the place broke open one more time allowing all the liquid to drain out and guess what . . . it healed up and never happened again. I'd say that was a miracle.

In the book of John seven wonderful miracles of Jesus were recorded that illustrate some truths about Him. First of all we see in John 2:1-11 that He changed water into wine. In chapter 4 He healed the son of an officer. The great thing about this one was that the boy wasn't even in the presence of Jesus but a whole town away. In chapter 5 He healed a man who had been lame for thirty-eight years. And in chapter 6 He fed a large multitude of people with only five barley loaves and two small fish. All these show us just who Jesus is: The very Son of God!

Then in John 6 we read about Jesus walking on the water. In chapter 9 He healed a man who had been born blind, and in chapter 11 He brought Lazarus back to life after he had been dead for three days. These all demonstrate His power over nature.

These are indeed mighty miracles. I'm sure that most of us have a few situations in our lives, whether sickness and disease, or circumstances where we could use some power over nature, in which we would welcome a miracle. I believe that Jesus still works miracles today. I believe that He has and wants to do great things for His people.

But you know, each and every day we experience miracles we may know nothing about. For instance, we get behind a slow moving vehicle that aggravates the heck out of us. We fuss and carry on about it impatiently trying to find an opening in the traffic that will allow us to pass. But did you ever consider that the seconds or minutes we've been delayed behind that slow-poke may have saved us from a terrible accident on up the road? Every day I believe that God protects us from things we think nothing about and are oblivious to. The magnificent seven miracles in the Gospel of John were mighty and show us that Jesus Christ is the very Son of God and that He has power over all situations, circumstances and even nature herself. But He also has power over the unseen, the unexpected and blind areas of everyday life, and those belong up there with the magnificent too.

Jerry D. Ousley is the author of "Soul Challenge", "Soul Journey", "Ordeal", "The Spirit Bread Daily Devotional" and his first novel "The Shoe Tree." Newer books include "Finality" and "Dividing God's Church." Visit our website at spiritbread.com to download these and more completely free of charge

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