Divine Intervention
Psalms 114 and 115 boldly express the love of God for His people for He hears the cries of His people and graciously intervenes to restore divine order. Although, nothing humanity offers can repay God for His many benefits, our response to such unconditional love is first to receive it and then pledge ourselves into the service of the Lord.
During occasions of emotional or physical distress, we are to be quick to call upon the Lord and He will hear our cries and deliver us even if the circumstances seem impossible. All the saints had practiced this in their life time and have become witnesses of how God worked, marvelously intervening for both great and small situations in their lives.
I would like to share with you an account of how a friend of mine experienced this wonderful God of ours in the lowest moments of her life intervening at the sound of her cries. After being married for a number of years and not being able to conceive, Cynthia was informed by her gynaecologist that she had a number of cysts growing in her womb during one of her usual visits. This could hinder her from ever having a child. Devastated upon hearing the news, she shared it with her husband only to discover a week later that he had been having an affair with a friend of theirs for a year. Her world fell apart and she went into depression. She could not handle the fact that her husband whom she loved so dearly could cheat on her and on the top of that she has to undergo an operation to remove the cysts in her womb. She even contemplated of committing suicide but her faith prevented her. Knowing that her only hope is to turn to the Lord in prayer, she cried out to Him seeking His aid for both her situations. She didn’t want to go for the operation. As for her husband although being immensely hurt by him, she could not let go of him for she loved him too dearly.
Just a day before the operation, to her surprise, the scan showed no traces of cysts in her womb. The cysts had suddenly vanished. Even the doctors were amazed at the results of the scan. She no longer had to go for the operation. She continued to give thanks to God and to pray for her husband to stop having his extra-marital affair and return to her so as to keep their marriage alive. A year later, her husband realised his mistake, ceased his extra-marital affair and returned back to her.
As for us today, let us be reminded to seek the Lord no matter how difficult a situation we are in. Apart from that, let us also honour our merciful and faithful God for all the times He had delivered us in our time of need by adoring, praising, thanking and serving Him.
Stay tuned for the next post by Br Benedict Chng on 17th Feb 2011.
Beautiful story, Bro. Alphonsus. My love for the Psalms has just gone up because of your story, which I intend to use to help others.
ReplyDeleteYours in the Lord,
Fr Anthony