Acts 19:11-12
And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.
Subject: Mireles and the Power of God
God grants His power to whom He wants and how He wants. In our minds, we tend to confine God and His acts of power and miracles to what we can reason and understand. In the above passage we see something quite odd to our rational thought process. In this incident God used a handkerchief to accomplish His plan. In the past God used a donkey (Balaam); some ravens (Elijah); a big fish (Jonah); a rock (Moses and the water); quail (Moses in the desert); and several other "tools." In the above passage God uses a piece of cloth to heal someone. It wasn't the clothe and it wasn't Paul's skin, it was the power of God that healed. Yet, God choose this method and this messenger to accomplish His will. God does what He wants. We tend to think God has decided to no longer do miracles like this. Yet, that is exactly what God does. He expresses His power in amazing and confounding ways. He uses His Saints and their love for others to touch the hearts of the hurting so that they can come to Christ (the greatest miracle of all). God uses odd means to accomplish great things for His plan. Rejoice in these things, but don't limit them because you mind can't grasp them.
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