There are so many reasons to worship the LORD Jesus. I find myself constantly being reminded about His Grace and Love. He is so limitless and sometimes the very thing that limits Him is us. We have a misguided perception of what He can do ... why we do this is beyond me. But I can testify that when Jesus moves, He moves like a rushing wind, like a raging fire and He strikes like a hammer; smashing doubt into shards. Leaving us standing in awe ... asking forgiveness for not trusting Him; even with the small things.
We embarked on a great project. In fact our first project under the Jireh-Seed banner; where the LORD revealed a church in Khayelitsha to us with a pressing need for seating. I will link you to our project detail later in this message for you to see the stages of planning and the LORDs hand of blessing.
I want to draw your attention to something that seemed like a minor event on the special day of delivery when we were in Malmesbury collecting the 22 church pews from a small church that had moved to new premises. Praise Jesus for providing the exact size, style, and quantity of pews, at a special price. Thank you LORD for all that you have done in helping our project be a success.
So there we were, being introduced to various people when I noticed a small slight man standing in the background, stooping forward with a neck-brace on. We were introduced and we spoke for a while.
He was moving as though his upper body was fused completely and his waist was his only mechanism to rotate – stiff as a board. I asked him what was wrong and he said that he had been in a car accident and that he had plates and screws to assist his neck. He was in constant pain and had rejected a final operation that had a 50/50 chance of success or complete failure due to the seriousness of his injury.
It was Ascension Day. He was injured. All the excitement going on in the background and all I could think of was that Jesus had brought him to us for prayer. In all the commotion we could so easily have slipped on this very important item on the LORDs agenda.
A few of us moved off to the side and asked if we could pray with Abraham (‘Kallie’) to which he said “Yes”. We lifted him up and after praying, he said that he felt a warmth in his neck and his pain was gone. From not being able to move effectively, let alone being able to sleep, he removed his neck-brace with a grin and said “ I have been healed”.
The one thing I cannot get out of my mind is that the weight of his head on the neck-brace caused rolls of skin to fold over the neck-brace before we prayed, and when I open my eyes, his ‘neck rolls’ were gone – his neck was standing firm and upright.
Luke 11: 13
“ If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! ”
We give Jesus all Praise, Glory and Honour for healing ‘Kallie’ before our eyes. How wonderful and selfless is our Saviour.
To see the pictures, click HERE and look carefully in the background for our new friend ‘Kallie’.
CHRIS