God's Hands Are Real

Where is God? If God exists, why life is sometimes unfair? Why there must be people who are dying and suffering? I believe, these are not rare for all of us. A lot of people, surprisingly some of them are Christians, asked these questions. That is why we can see nowadays that many Christians became apostates. When things do not work out, instead of keep working and trusting God, they started to question God, blame God, and blame the circumstances. Then they left God. They refused to read the Bible, pray, or serve God. It was exactly what the Bible says in Proverbs 19:3 (NKJV), “The foolishness of a man twists his way, and his heart frets against the Lord.” They began to go with their own ways instead of asking God which way to choose. As long as the ways seemed good to their own eyes, they would not hesitate to do it even though it was not a right way. They would not care again about God’s purpose for their life. All became nonsense for them. They just went with the flow, pleased their desires. They had no more passion to change themselves and fight. They became very discouraged and ended up wasting their time just to please their flesh. Then, they would believe that there was no God. They lived only for themselves, served their own desires. That means, by doing that, they had made themselves the god.

This kind of way of lifestyle or idea is actually not new. It already existed in this world long time ago in Greek. Greek civilization then had affected the worldview of the other civilizations, including our civilization. Questioning God, blaming God, blaming the circumstances, laziness to fight, going with the flow, lack of faith in God, making himself a god are exactly like the Greek worldview which believed in deism. The Greece had no concept of trusting gods. That is why they did not think they could make their life better. They thought that God had no control of their life, and their life was already fated to be miserable. Yes, they ended up in frustration. That is what made them do anything that would please them even though it was evil. So, actually, people can be Christians, but their mindset was still pagan. Sadly, many of them did not realize that until they finally ended up in the destruction. Ideas have consequences.

Recently, I watched a movie DVD which came from a true story called, “The Miracle of the Cards”. It was a very inspiring movie for me because it explained how God’s Hands are real in our life, and miracles will still happen as long as we keep our faith in God. This is how the movie goes: There was a Christian eight-year old boy named Craig Shergold who got a fatal brain cancer. At first, it was a tumor, but later it became a very dangerous cancer. Moreover, they found out that cancer was an unusual cancer. The cancer had teeth, hair, and nails. It usually found in a stomach, but now in this little boy’s brain. When this boy’s parents heard this, they were so broken hearted. It was so easy for them to lose their faith in God, but they did not. This boy’s mother prayed to God desperately. She knew that no one could heal this boy except God. At that time, his mother was confused to know which doctors she must choose. She asked God to show her the right doctor to handle Craig, and God did showed her. When she was walking through a hospital hall which had full of doctors’ pictures, suddenly she saw a flash light on one of the doctors’ picture. It was only her who could see that flash; not even her own husband could see it. She quickly approached that picture and told the administrator there that she needed to see that doctor. She was so sure that the doctor was used by God to heal Craig even though she could not see it yet. I am also touched by that little boy’s faith when he faced his deadly sickness. He was always optimistic in facing all the operations and processes. It was even he who ensured his mother and father that he was never going to die even though all the doctors talked about prolonging his life. The boy always talked about healing. He believed that God never left him. His mother was also optimistic. Even though she knew that her boy was dying, she did not give up. She helped her boy broke the Guinness Record by having 315 million cards. This made the boy got more passion to fight. Even though the doctor whose picture was flashing finally gave up, she did not give up. The doctor could only heal the tumor in the boy’s backbone. Her husband almost gave up, but Craig’s mother and Craig both did not give up. One day, when they were sent home by the doctor because nothing else the doctor could do, a mother saw a flashing light again on one of the cards Craig received. It was the card from a very wealthy man from America who was inspired by Craig’s courage. This man was told by God to bless this family. So, that wealthy man talked to the best doctor in America to handle Craig. He also paid all the tickets and all that they needed for going to America. Finally, they made their way to America. In America, the doctor admitted that the cancer was so big that he needed to make a very risky operation. The operation could cause death, blindness, deaf, or comma. Hearing this, the mother still insisted to do the operation. She believed that this is the way God gave for healing her son. The boy, hearing this, also did not afraid to take this operation. Again, he promised his parents that he will never die. And, yes! The boy was fully healed from his cancer! More surprisingly, the last 3 minutes of the video of Creig’s operation was suddenly blackout. Nobody could tell the reason why. This proved that it was not the doctor’s hands who actually healed Creig. It was God’s Hands. Since that day on, he could come back to his normal life. Now, the boy is 22 years old, and his life had become an inspiration to the whole world.

This movie really inspired me to trust God that God never let His Hands off my life. He was actually working from the beginning of my life until the end of my life. The problem why a lot of people are dying and suffering is not because God does not exist, but because they refuse to come to Him and receive His mercy. Isaiah 65:24 says, “And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.” God knew my needs before I asked Him. What He needs is just my faith in His promises. If only I would just surrender our own ways and followed His ways, He could turn all the negative things that the devil created to be my goodness and His glory. What is impossible really can be possible if I endured my faith until the end. That is why I need to fight like how Craig fought against his cancer. He was still small – eight years old. He could just make excuses by saying that he was just too small to fight against this dangerous cancer, but he did not do that.

From now on, I will trust God with all my heart. I trust Him to take control of my whole life. I believe He knows much better that I do. But, it does not mean I do not work. No matter how difficult challenges I will face, I must keep moving on. I am not fated to lose, but I am guaranteed that I will be a victor. Though things might not work out, I should keep trying and working. I will accept the challenges and gain victory over it! God says that all of us are more than a conqueror. No challenges, no conquerors. God blessed those who worked. He would see the good work I did and gave me the reward for it. He hated the lazy people who just surrendered to their fate. I will not just do my own ways that look pleasing in my eyes. Instead, I will do what God says in the Bible. Even though at first God’s way might be painful and not pleasing at all, His way will end up in a blessed life.