Do it Again: My Thoughts on Miracles and Healing
One of the ways I encounter God in everyday life is through music. Now, I certainly don’t play music, unless you count the three months I spent playing the saxophone in fifth grade but I think one of the ways that God speaks to us is through song. This was certainly true for King David, the author of many of the Psalms, and for many other faithful believers throughout history.
Over the last few weeks a song that has been on repeat for me is the song ‘Do it Again’ by Elevation Worship off of their new album There is a Cloud. The whole album is fantastic and really shows why the songs of Elevation Worship are being sung in churches and gatherings across the world but the song especially hits home for me. Take a listen to the song below.
As someone with a physical disability I have often wrestled with the idea of healing asking questions like, “Why did God create me like this?” or “What is His purpose in this?” Over the course of my life I have struggled with the questions of ‘why’ and ‘how’ and have often prayed that God would miraculously heal me of my disability. Others have often prayed for me as well and as I come away from those experiences I am often left with the question, “Am I looking for the wrong miracle?”
While I firmly believe that God has the power and the ability to heal me of my disability I think that there are dangers when we get trapped in only focusing on physical healing. Please, don’t take this the wrong way, but I believe that when we look only for physical healing we miss the many miracles that God can and will do in and through us.
When I was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at five months old doctors told my parents I would never be able to walk, or talk, or live on my own. By his grace, I have been able to do all of those things. This is a miracle!
When I was twelve I was invited on a winter retreat by a small group leader in my youth group and God met me in the lodge of the camp in a personal way for the first time. This is a miracle!
When I was fifteen I had major knee surgery and started really doubting my faith. I missed two months of school and felt lonely and alone and had no idea where God was. In the midst of these moments God showed up in a way that can only be described as miraculous!
When I was eighteen I felt God calling me into ministry and began attending college as a Biblical Studies and Christian Ministries major. This is a miracle! I have become involved in youth ministry and have been serving the same group of guys since I was eighteen and they were in sixth grade. This is a miracle!
When I was twenty two I graduated and began attending graduate school in pursuit of my Master’s of Divinity. This is a miracle!
My point is this: I don’t know if or when God will heal me of Cerebral Palsy in this life, and I don’t need to know. I don’t need to know because despite my circumstances I have seen God move in my life and in the lives of others again and again and again. Praise be to God, the Healer, and Sustainer, and Redeemer, who has never failed me yet, who has made a way where there was no way, and who continues to do it again.
I've seen You move, come move the mountains And I believe, I'll see You do it again You made a way, where there was no way And I believe, I'll see You do it again
