Wow, it's Wednesday... This means I am a day late and a dollar short... well tons of dollars short but who's counting?! LOL. Today, I would like to highlight James Dain's amazing testimony. James was blind for 8 years and his vision was restored immediately after baptism.
James has multiple sclerosis and worked in a chemical plant for 8 years. The combination of MS and the chemical exposure caused him to lose his eyesight. The nerves were deteriorating and he expected to never fully see again. When he went in for the Baptism on August 14th of this year, he only had 40% vision in his left eye and 0% vision in his right.
James had several reasons he wanted to be Baptised in Jesus' name; the scriptures tell us to do so, to follow Christ as the apostles did, and to just give his life up to the service of the Lord. James went into the Baptism with no requests for healing, he just simply laid down his life for our Lord, Jesus Christ. The moment James came up from the Baptismal waters, his vision was fully restored. Praise God! He can see better than he ever could!
Coming out of the water he was overjoyed, he spoke in tongues and suddenly the lights around him became very intense. He recalls looking up at the lights and seeing individual lightbulbs, lights have always been blurry to him so he was amazed. Looking down, he found that he could see people in the crowd, he could never pick out individuals before. He confirmed to the Pastor, that his vision had been restored.
James' story shows us many things, but mostly that GOD IS IN CONTROL. James made no selfish declarations of faith, but came to the Lord with a loving, humble heart. God's will for our lives is unknown and often strange at times. But when we trust him completely and give up control of our lives, look what our Amazing God can do!
We sing Amazing Grace; that we were once blind and now we can see. James gets the privilege to live those words out in his life. He said the only thing that changed for him after baptism was how hungry he now is to collect more souls for the Lord. His Miracle was not meant for him, but for the glory of the Lord, to be a beacon of hope for others.
I feel the same way! Let's be good harvesters down here, and bring the Lord as many fruits as we can!
I love you all!!