Leg AND Hand Both Grow Through Prayer
So my young friend, Michael, is on a simple, ordinary business trip to India (his second in the last couple of months). Well, I will let him tell the story as he told it to me by email:
Today, I ordered ice cream in my hotel room. While I was waiting for the person to bring it, I was asking God to show me something that I could pray for. I said, "God, I always want to tell people about Jesus, but nobody listens. Do something so they'll listen!" When the ice cream showed up, it was Shyam [whom I had met before] that brought it. I told him that since I'm a Christian, that I like to pray for people. He said that I could pray for him to find a new job, so I did.
Then I got to thinking about it, and figured that he's probably on his feet all day long. So I asked him if he ever had any back pain, and he did. I had him sit in my chair in the hotel room, and I checked his legs. Sure enough, his left leg was about a quarter of an inch shorter than the right. I said, "Ready for the craziest thing you've ever seen?" Then I commanded the leg to grow, and BOOM! It came out! Jesus rocks!
I told him to get up to see if it felt different, and he was pretty shocked. He said he had more comfort in his back and neck, and that his stance felt better. He was kind of in shock and didn't really know what to think. I got to tell him about the love of Jesus, and reconciliation to the Father, and the Kingdom of God,... and he listened. It was awesome!
Okay, hold on. If you are not sure about leg-growing stories, this gets even better. Here’s the next email from Michael:
The rabbit hole goes deeper. Shyam brought me food again tonight. I asked him how his back and leg was doing, and he said that his back felt different -- it felt better. Then he showed me something: his right hand was a little smaller than the left. The fingers were about a quarter of an inch shorter.
I said, "Well, I've never seen God do that before, but we can give it a try!" I commanded the hand to grow in Jesus' Name, and it did! He was completely in shock. Yesterday, I think he was slightly skeptical. Today, he was flabbergasted. He checked his hand over and over again. And then, the best part: I shared with him about the Kingdom of God again, and the goodness of our Lord Jesus. Then we prayed together, and received Christ as Savior! BOOM! I love it! The Father's in the mood to adopt!
And more good news: since Ashley and I are returning in August, we're going to visit with him and his family, and we should have a good discipleship opportunity. Please, start praying now that God shows up and wins the rest of Shyam's family to the Lord!
God's on the move!
This is so cool, Michael. We are praying with you for Shyam and his family!
