Healing, the Holy Spirit, and power from on high

I got a Kindle for Christmas and am loving it. With that I bought several new books (Thanks Joe for the gift card from Amazon) and have been loving those too. One of those is Andrew Murray's book called "The Full Blessing of Pentecost." I'm a Andrew Murray fan from way back but had no idea he had a book that touched on this subject. It's been very inspiring to say the least.

I mentioned in my last posts my awe really about the idea that God could/would use His people to heal others, ending it by questioning could He use me. And, the answer is that if He does indeed use His people, He certainly could use me. That's certainly an awe inspiring thought.

The thing is I think that we all too often limit God. We say things like "He couldn't (or wouldn't) work in this way," as if He weren't really omnipotent (all-powerful). Think about that for a moment--by it's definition a being who is omnipotent could do anything He wanted to and in any way.

One thing is for sure, my ideas about God have been blown wide-open, and suddenly the possibilities are endless. Truly an all-powerful God could empower His believers to do miraculous things. And, like I asked in my last post, could He empower me?--the answer is of course He could, but would he? Well, that's another thing altogether.

Yesterday Steve woke up, had devotions, went for a walk, and while showering afterwards God spoke quite clearly to him about teaching high school English in Gallup. Well, it was such a strong impression he called the high school only to find that they'd just posted an opening for a English teacher. Again it seemed like God was very clearly leading this way so he got in the car and went to Gallup. However, this morning when he finally made contact with the principal, who was sick yesterday, he found they'd already filled that position. Which leads us to wonder just what is God up to? Could He have used that impression on Steve's mind--and the miraculous about it--to get him up to Gallup? Is He still going to be teaching high school English? (His degree is not secondary ed. btw).

So, we're praying about it, and wondering just what it is God has for us. And, while we're at it, learning some more about how He works--while we look for the miraculous. 'Cause He certainly could do a miracle.