Alright, so if you would have asked me before leaving for the race, I would have told you that I really wanted to see a miracle. I had heard stories of the miraculous things that Jesus did back in the day, and even heard other people who had told me of the things they had witnessed through his power. Every part of me wanted to see something like this. I asked God to be faithful in this, and he WAS a couple of day ago!
One of my team mates, Kirsty felt that God was calling her to work with him in healing someone in our time here. My heart jumped at this, because it had been something that I had been waiting for the right opportunity for, and so…we went. She made a sign that said “free healing”, and her, Naomi, and I went walking around the streets of Ubud like a bunch of nut cases, fully expecting the Lord to come through. He did.
The first time was with a guy and a girl who upon seeing us, seemingly mockingly at first asked us if we would actually heal them. We, of course said yes and asked them what they wanted Jesus to heal. The girl, who’s name was, “Believe” (go figure), said that she had really been struggling with her thoughts everyday. So, she asked if we would help her with that. The guys name was Arthur, and he told us that he had been struggling a lot with his energy levels. He told us that he would do rituals every day seeking to gain energy from the earth, but how it would be depleted at the end of every day. All I could think about in that moment, was how God is our never ending source of strength and life. But I just listened. I also couldn’t help but notice his eye. It was completely clouded over, partially shut, and a murky brown color.
As we all prayed, I felt the Holy spirit really begin urging me to pray for this man’s eye, which is not what he had asked for at all. I also really felt him leading me to pray against Believe wanting to kill herself, which felt extremely personal to just “go out on a limb” with something so serious. But, as I am learning, when he urges you towards something, you just go with it. Guys, as I began praying for these things in both of them, the strangest thing happened to me. I literally became overcome with the Holy Spirit. That’s literally the only way to put it. (I’m sorry to any of my readers at this point, if this weird you out..but we have a very supernatural God). My whole body began shaking, and tears began flowing. It was to the point of me barely being able to speak, yet the words that were being spoken were with a boldness, and a sense of authority that is hard to describe. I had chills all over my body and my mind was so confused at what I was experiencing, and yet I kept going. I just felt so much passion overcome me, for Believe, and for his eye. It was seriously as if God’s heart for them was being channeled uncontrollably through me. It was completely unexplainable, especially since I had no attachment to them at all. They were complete strangers. The even more crazy thing is though, that as I prayed for Arthur, he pushed my hand off and apparently began blinking profusely, and became very wide eyed (Kirsty had her eyes open, and told me this afterwards). Guys, I’m not kidding you, when it was all finished, Kirsty, Naomi, and I all saw his eye, and it was crystal blue and CLEAR! I couldn’t believe it. It was definitely not the same eye as it was when we first met him. It had physically CHANGED! It was as if God was creating a physical manifestation of what he wanted to happen inside of his heart towards him. It was completely nuts!
Believe told me also, that it meant a lot to her that I prayed specifically against her killing herself, because she had been struggling with wanting to kill “a certain part of herself”, and that it was confirmation to her to let those thoughts go. It felt like a break through. With Arthur, I think that he just was in shock with the power that he felt, and didn’t know what to feel about it. I know for a fact that he felt it though, and part of me feels there was something inside of him that didn’t like what was happening spiritually in that moment. I won’t jump to any conclusions that he was possesed or anything, but I did find it strange that he made me move my hand right as I felt overcome by the Holy Spirit. Literally guys, in that moment it felt like I couldn’t control my body, yet I felt SO much love in my heart. It’s unexplainable. It was God.
Later, as we continued on in our journey with our sign, we met Thomas. He just walked right up to us, as we were sitting on the stair steps in front of a Hindu temple, and asked if we could help him. He had been on his way to a medical clinic! I couldn’t believe it, he literally just fell into our pathway. He told us that he had literally been contemplating leaving the island to go and see a more serious medical professional because of how bad he was feeling. His symptoms were a back ache, fever, and fatigue, yet he was doing what he could to make it to the clinic. Then he found us! We prayed for him, and literally he was instantly healed! Kirsty told me she could literally feel him get cooler under her hands, and he looked genuinely surprised. He told us that “it’s a miracle”, and that he literally felt better. To prove that he was really going to a clinic, he showed us texts with his friend about him going to a clinic. Yet, he was better in that instant! He hung out with us for the whole rest of the afternoon even, and was chipper and seemed to honestly feel really good. The next day, he did say, he started to feel not so good again, and went to get checked. It turns out he has dengue fever. But, I didn’t let that make me believe that God didn’t heal him when he did, because he did. I truly believe, and he does too he said, that God healed him in that moment to get through the day. Also, his symptoms remained significantly less than they were, and especially for dengue fever, which usually leaves you bed bound. Not him though, he was out with us the very next day, walking around the rice fields. I was ecstatic! I couldn’t believe how quickly God worked. It was ALL him.
He loves us so much, and loved them so much, enough to heal them instantly in that moment. The fact that I saw a physical change happen, that was a representation of what was happening in the spiritual realm, still makes me scratch my head in awe. God is so real you guys, and he is going to let it be known. That’s what he did in these two moments. He seriously increased my faith in him so much, and just in the fact that he is a supernatural God. There is a LOT that I don’t understand about him, who he is, and his power, but I do know this, he is very much so real, alive, and full of love. I am learning to never underestimate him, and to keep seeking to go deeper and deeper with him. He’s amazing, and I am so so thankful that he allowed me to be a part of a miracle.
Please be praying for them all, and for their hearts, that they would see and recognize who he is, and his heart for them. What he did is amazing, but I know that it is definitely something that the enemy will try and take away from them. It was completely, and unexplainably a miracle, no doubt. So just pray that they will see that, and seek him, just like he did in doing what he did for them that day in letting them witness his power.
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-Mariah 🙂
