I am excited about our new topic of study at church. We will be looking at Luke and Acts together. You see both books were authored by the same individual and it has been suggested that he meant for these books to take the New Christian from the birth of our Savior through His crucifiction to His triumphant resurrection (Luke) and then the continued works of our Lord through His chosen in spreading His church (Acts) after His assention. As exciting as that sounds to me, I am even more excited about the further look into the working of the Holy Spirit throughout this whole process. You see the Spirit was there helping our Lord as He began His ministery and march toward the cross. Jesus was just a man after all. But it was by the Spirit that He was able to complete all the wonders and miraculous signs. Then the Spirit was passed to His disciples and Apostles who continued these signs and wonders. My son challenged me with my own words not too long ago..."we have the Word of God, we do not need miracles." That was the way I was raised. Father forgive me for my blindness and for not seeing the truth. We do need miracles today. Every day, children die of incurable diseases, yet a miracle of our Lord could change that. Every day, we have a chance to make a difference in the lives of others. Let me tell you a story and then you decide if it was a God intervention (miracle) or not...
  A group of women are broken down on the side of the road. It is late Christmas Evening. It is a dark interstate highway with lots of cars passing by. These poor ladies have been there for 35-45 minutes, jumping up and down, waving their arms and legs, waving light colored clothes anything to draw attention. Yet still no one will stop. It is Christmas Evening and everyone is in a hurry to get home to family and friends. The temperature is cold and with the wind the chill factor is approximately 35 degrees. They keep trying to get their car to start but without success. Suddenly, more cars are coming, hope, faint but still there, so they try again to get help. This time 2 cars stop. HELP! At last. But as the drivers come to see about them, the news is not good. The car will need to be towed. One driver immediately leaves. What will the women do now? How will they get home? How will they arrive in time for Christmas? Yet, one driver stays. The driver asks if they know someone who can come get them? No. Do they know a mechanic? No. Where do they live? 100 miles North. The driver looks at the car load of women and the old broken down car. The tow will be expensive...the driver asks if the women have the money to cover the tow? No. The driver gets them towed home and leaves.
Now the question is this, was the driver sent by our Father to take care of those women at that time? I say yes. I say that it was perhaps a miracle for and to them. We do not always see things that way however I believe that our Father still uses the Spirit to move us to intercede in others lives causing miracles to happen.
Yes, Mickey, the gift of Quest was a Miracle for me and I will be living Free for years to come thanks to you answering Fathers call to help me.