Doctors Baffled and Still Are
Why Does God Need Magnifying?
Twenty-two year old Abraham Kho played host to me during my recent visit to Surabaya, a brilliant young man who had just graduated from International Business Management in Boston.
Abraham was born with a tumor in his neck that was about the size of his head. Back then in Surabaya doing surgery on an infant with this affliction would either mean losing the baby or causing him to be paralyzed for the rest of his life.
Mintju, Abraham's mother showed me the picture of Abraham as a baby. Since she is not fluent with English, Abraham proceeded to recount her journey of faith faced with the baby she had in her arms.
Magnifying God
We live in a world where we face real life situations that can get magnified into disheartening proportions.
Such was the case of Abraham. Doctors told Mintju and her husband Ronnie that surgery at best meant the child would be unable to speak or worse be paralyzed for the rest of his life.
With nowhere to turn Mintju and Ronnie turned to the Lord. They magnified Him for who He truly is, the only ONE who is bigger than their biggest nightmare.
Doctors to this day remain baffled as to how Abraham continues to live a normal life with some major nerves still missing. This is what happens when a mother is moved in her spirit to magnify her God.
Another Mother's Story
Mintju's story reminded me of another mother, Mary.
Captured in the book of Luke were the words of this mother who faced the daunting role of bearing the Son of God, and with it came the overwhelming predicament of being pregnant without a spouse and a reasonable explanation.
"My soul magnifies the Lord- Like Mary and Mintju, we should face our greatest challenges with a declaration, to magnify the Lord, to declare that He is bigger than our circumstances regardless of its magnitude.
"and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,- magnifying the Lord chooses to rejoice in any predicament we face because our Savior will come through for us even when we are overwhelmed by our present predicament.
Why Does God Need Magnifying?
So why does God need magnifying? Because our eyes can be overwhelmed and our minds can be overrun by the situations that befall us.
And like Mary and Mintju, it is only when we choose to let our soul magnify Him over what we see, and choose to rejoice that He is our Savior and will deliver us from any situation will we find peace in the midst of our challenges.
Today and everyday, magnify the Lord in all that you do.
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