Then came the disciples to Jesus apart,
and said, Why could not we cast him out?
– Matthew 17:19.
There was a day the disciples of Jesus
Christ tried but couldn’t cure an epileptic
child as contained in the opening
scriptures but that’s not how the story
ended!
There was a day Peter, the rock upon
whom the Rock of Ages promised to build
the church was running away from a little
girl and other witnesses that linked him to
Jesus. He denied, cursed and vowed
never to have met Him, but, that’s not
how the story ended!
There was a day 120 disciples of Jesus
Christ were hiding away in the upper
room from the scorn, oppression, and
persecution of the religious and political
authorities, but, that was not the way the
story ended!
There was a time Abraham was childless
for 25 years. There was a time Joseph
was thrown into a pit, sold as a slave,
made a servant, lied on and imprisoned.
There was a time Daniel was thrown into
the lion’s den. But that’s not how their
stories ended!
When the story ended, the shadows and
aprons of the disciples were healing the
sick and raising the dead! (Acts 15:15;
Acts 19:12).
That same cowering Peter was boldly
teaching and saving three thousand
people in just one meeting! (Acts 2:42).
When the story ended, that same 120
disciples that were hiding from people
had these testimonies recorded against
their names… Women received their
dead raised to life again. Others were
tortured, not accepting deliverance, that
they might obtain a better resurrection.
Still others had trial of mockings and
scourgings, yes, and of chains and
imprisonment. They were stoned, they
were sawn in two, were tempted, were
slain with the sword (Hebrews 11:35-37).
When the story ended, Abraham had
Isaac amongst other children, Joseph
became the Prime Minister of Egypt,
Daniel became the bosom friend of lions
who veraciously consumed those that
orchestrated his ordeal!
You’re the motivation behind this write-
up. Wherever you may be in life, that’s
not how the story is going to end! That
same power that raised Jesus Christ from
the dead dwells in your mortal body
today! That same Spirit of God that
turned timid Peter and indeed, the
disciples of old, into miracle workers lives
in you and so, your story will not be
different!
Declare to anybody that cares to listen
“watch out for the ending part of my
story! This is not how the story will end!”.
May your day be filled with miracles in
Jesus name. Amen!