What if I were to tell you that a recent missions team consisting of students from our school went to Quito, Ecuador and witnessed over 1000 healing miracles in one week? Would you believe it? What if I told you the majority of these miracles came at the hands and prayers of these students? Would that make it even more difficult to believe? Do you believe that you are called to walk in miracles, signs, and wonders just as Jesus did?
Jesus the healer
There is no question Jesus operated in the supernatural. Everywhere he went miracles, healings, and deliverances were taking place. For most Christians, this is not a challenging tenet of our faith because we acknowledge that Jesus is God. But what about the stories in the Bible of his disciples and the early church performing miracles? How did they do supernatural acts if they were not divine?
One perspective is that Jesus did not do anything supernatural on earth as God, but as a man empowered by the Holy Spirit. Philippians 2:7 says that Christ emptied himself. This could mean that he voluntarily laid down his divine power to be a representative and model for humanity. If Jesus did miracles as God, we would think it impossible for us to emulate his divine works. But if Jesus did miracles as a man empowered by the Spirit, it gives us hope and an example of how we could do the same.
I pray this will be an idea that takes root in our minds and hearts. Ponder, study, meditate, discuss, and pray until there is a firm conviction about the call and destiny for our lives as followers of Christ. The world is groaning for the church to realize her identity and walk in the fullness of the Holy Spirit's power!
"And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well." Mark 16:17-18
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