God Is Our Refuge

Today I listened to a sermon on prayer on my drive home. After that sermon, I felt the presence of the Lord and I began to repent for not spending enough time with God. I looked back through my years and what have come to know is that when I have spent quality time alone with God, things were revealed and miracles happened in my walk with Christ.

In 2001, I was attending a special Saturday service at my church. I vividly remember that service because I strongly felt the presence of the Lord during our praise and worship service. As I closed my eyes and worshiped God, I saw a vision of myself on an operating table. I saw the operating room and doctors working on me. And I heard very clearly the Lord say, “ I am the Master Physician. There is nothing too hard for me.” I asked him to heal me and I knew in my spirit that I was healed. When I opened my eyes, I began weeping, because I knew that I was just visited by the Lord. I didn’t understand everything at that moment, but I wrote down what the Lord told me and held on to his word. A year later, I began experiencing great discomfort in my abdomen. After an ultrasound, it was determined that I had fibroid tumors. One was so big that it was pushing some of my organs out of the way. It was very difficult for me to walk and move about in a normal manner. I became so afraid and fearful until one day the Lord brought that vision before me again. He reminded me of what he said. Each time I felt the pain, I spoke over my sickness that the Lord was my Master Physician and there was nothing too hard for him.

Well, after many doctors’ appointments and consultations, it was determined that I should have a myomectomy to remove the tumors. I was so distraught because I wanted God to heal me so that I wouldn’t have to have surgery. But once again, the vision came to me and I saw myself on that table in the operating room. So I had to trust that the Lord would be with me and that God’s can heal you however he chooses.

When I came to after my surgery, the doctor told me that my tumor had shrunk. And whatever they were preparing to do, they did not have to do because it was easy for them to remove. My heart was so full because I knew that I had just experienced a miracle! God sent his word, prepared my heart and showed me of what was to come during that one prayer service a year before. God is almighty and powerful.

I have witnessed the power of God many times since. I have also been shown things and have had powerful revelations that have prepared me for some of life’s greatest challenges. As I reflect back over some of the years of my life, those great moments happened as a result of time in prayer with the Lord. When the Lord calls you, go and seek him. He wants to be with you. He wants to share his secrets and plans for you. Psalms 91:1 says that “He that dwelleth in the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” He will reveal and restore whatever you need. What is your need today? Do you have one? Take refuge in the Lord. Go inward and seek the presence of the Lord and He will surely visit you.