As a biology professor at a Christian university, I often set aside a
few minutes of a lecture to share with my class one of the miracles of
healing described in the Bible. This practice is to encourage my
students to relate what they are learning about the human body to what
God needs to do to correct certain disabilities or infirmities, such as
blindness or leprosy. Over the years, students have thanked me for this
foray into the supernatural, but the following e-mail that I received
last semester stands out from all the rest.
Hi, Dr. Chiang. I
think it's fascinating that we are learning about the anatomy of the ear
in class. I've attached a personal testimony of a miraculous healing of
my ear recently (last week!). I thought you'd appreciate hearing about
it, knowing the miraculous accounts you've begun each class with. God be
praised! Jordan
I can't really say that my first reaction to this
news was one of joy. I was probably a bit surprised or even sceptical.
Did a modern-day miracle really take place? What actually happened? I
scrutinized Jordan's personal testimony, and pared down his healing
experience to this following account. He writes:
As he placed his
hand on my back, fiery heat shot straight through my athletic jacket,
dress shirt, t-shirt, and onto my skin in a moment's time . . . Joy
started to well up inside of me . . . as Caillan prayed. Using the best
words I know how to use at this time to describe what happened next, it
was like a large, blocked funnel, [which] had served as my range of
hearing in my right ear my whole life, was eradicated or "pulled back".
All of a sudden, I jerked up my head and began to look around the room
at each person in the room with my jaw gaping. I could hear perfectly
clearly!
This account may not be enough to convince the sceptic
that the supernatural exists and that physical healings do take place,
but this event has had a tremendous impact on one young man's walk with
Christ. For a teacher hoping to encourage the faith of his students,
Jordan's testimony is a golden moment, a moment I will remember long
after the course is done and the students have graduated. "God be
praised!" As the previously blind man proclaimed to the Pharisees,
"Whether he is a sinner or not, I don't know. One thing I do know. I was
blind but now I see!" (John 9:25 NIV)
Miracles are miracles
simply because they don't always happen and they don't occur on demand.
But as Christians, we must be open to all that God can do for us.
Prayer: Our Lord, Saviour and Healer, in our busyness to serve You,
we often forget that You have good in store for us, if only we ask.
Whether our need is biological or psychological, spiritual or physical,
we pray for the courage to ask and the audacity to believe that You
still work through miracles. In Your name, we pray. Amen.
Gary Chiang
Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
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