There are levels or categories of faith. In the scriptures,
we see these different categories at work at one point or the other. These
categories include the following: No faith (Mark 4:40), little faith (Matthew
6:30), faith as small as a mustard seed (Matthew 17:20), great faith (Matthew
15:21-28), exceeding great faith (Matthew 8:5-13) and the gift of faith from
the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:9). Those who want to
experience a harvest of
miracles are those who are ready to put their faith to work. It is faith that
brings about miracles. There was a time in my ministerial life when I had
little faith. But God honoured my faith. A woman brought her child to me who
had never spoken since the day she was born. I decided therefore to pray for
the child. As I said “in Jesus’ name”, the child answered “Amen!” I nearly
jumped out of the window because I had never seen such a thing before. God will
embarrass you with miracles in Jesus’ Name.
There was an experience in my life that shows that God will
never fail when we put our faith in Him. Before my wife and I met the Lord, we
had three children through caesarean operation. We decided to stop
child-bearing since the doctor had said that my wife could not give birth
naturally. We got born-again six years later and started reading the promises
of God in the Bible. I read in the Bible that with God nothing shall be
impossible and this stuck to my heart. I realised that what the doctor said was
impossible can be made possible by the mighty power of God. My doctor friend
told me that my wife would bleed to death if she tried to give birth. When the
time of her delivery came, she laboured for two days consecutively but the baby
did not come out. On the third day, as I was on my way to get food for my wife,
the devil threatened: “Stupid man! And you said you have a Ph.D. Your wife will
die today and you will see what her relatives will do to you.” Suddenly, a holy
anger rose up within me and I said: ‘’Listen devil! If my wife should die
tonight, I will get permission from my father-in-the-Lord to preach on Sunday,
and the first thing I will say is that there is nothing my God cannot do”. As I
said this, this devilish thought disappeared from my mind and the joy of God
flooded my heart. As I got to the hospital, I sat inside the car and suddenly
heard the cries of the baby. Human words cannot express the joy that came to my
heart upon seeing my wife in good health and my baby in joy. The kind of joy
that will bring tears to your eyes will happen to you in Jesus’ Name.
Prayer Point: Father, please meet me at the level of my
faith, and help my faith to grow.
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