Are you expecting God to meet your needs?

Luke 9:37-43

I’m fearful that I’ve walked past miracles and not given glory to or have been astonished at the majesty of a Holy God.  One morning, at the Christian Business Men’s Committee, a young man named Mitch ask Greg Hood and myself to stay after the meeting, and these are close to his words; “God told me that if you two would lay hands on me and pray for my healing, I would be healed.”  I must confess I was not the one I would have picked, Ken Ryan a mighty man of prayer was with us that morning, I would have picked Ken, but for some reason God gave my name to Mitch.  Mitch had to ware a special sock, a very long sock that put pressure on his artery, and he had been in some pain for a while.  

If I recall, Greg who was my mentor at that time prayed first and then when I prayed touching Mitch, it felt as if something went out of me into him, and as soon as we had finished praying Mitch jumped to his feet and removed that sock, stating, I am healed!   Now I did not go into the healing ministry, to be honest I was then and am still wondering why God would allow one with such small faith to be part of or a witness to Mitch’s healing?

I have little problem placing myself in the audience of the twelve disciples at this time, Jesus had given them authority to do great things in His name when He sent them out in two’s and yet they, like me, had such small faith in a big
God.  Three went up on the mountain with Jesus to pray, but nine were left to meet the needs of the day. This man from the crowd had come to the nine who did not go up on the mountain with Jesus, and they could not help his son.   So as Jesus comes down the next day a great crowd was waiting for Him and once again this dad who needed help for his son called to Jesus and told him the need of his son.

Listen to this dad; “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and shatters him, and will hardly leave him. And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.”  (Luke 9:38-40 ESV)  Can you hear the heart of this dad, and this is Jesus’ answer, “Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.” “While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. And all were astonished at the majesty of God.” (Luke 9:41-43 ESV)

Are you expecting God to meet your needs, are you astonished at the majesty of God?

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice