THE SILENT MIRACLES OF GOD

By Dr jarlat Uche opara

I have been very conscious lately on how we give testimonies. How we amplify what God delivered us from and shrink what He shielded us from.
That single truth explains why many of us praise God loudly because of what he delivered us from , yet remain unaware of how deeply we are preserved, protected and shielded from harm.

As human our gratitude is often triggered by pain. If it hurt, we remember it. If it scared us, we testify about it.If it almost killed us, we build an altar of thanksgiving. If none of these happened, even when the air we breathe is a miracle in itself it seems too common to be testified about.

The cancer God healed will always get the microphone of testimonies. The tears, the fear, the hospital beds, the operation survived would always shape our testimony, praising God for healing. Yet the cancer that never formed, the diagnosis that never came, the disease that never found a body to lodge in, these miracles pass quietly, unnoticed, uncalibrated without enjoying the noise and sound of a microphone.

We shout about battles we survived, but forget the wars God cancelled. We blare forth the debt we paid but forget the months of debt free that seemed nothing.

Many of us are alive not because we are strong,
not because we are careful,
not because we are lucky
but because God shielded us.

There are accidents we escaped and gave thanks for. Cars wrecked, metal twisted, glass shattered, yet no life was lost.
We danced, we clapped, we told everyone, “God saved us.” But what about the accidents that never happened? The journeys that could have ended in tragedy, but were covered by divine timing? The delays that annoyed us, the reroutes that frustrated us, the moments God slowed us down so danger could pass ahead of us? Those things hardly get the razzmataz of testimonies because they were not tangible and not seen.

Prevention rarely excites us, because it does not scare us first. When God raises someone from death, we dance with unrestrained gratitude.
When God heals incurable sickness, we shout and cry and testify. But when God allows us to live quietly, without pain, without chronic sickness, without sudden calamity, we call it normal.

Yes normal! But normal is not empty. Normal is not God’s absence. Normal is often the evidence of God’s continuous activity.

Healing proves God’s power.But prevention reveals His wisdom.
Deliverance is loud. Shielding is quiet. Deliverance responds to danger. Shielding denies danger access. Healing repairs what broke. Protection ensures it never breaks. Many don’t appreciate such.

Some miracles interrupt death. Others simply keep death away. And often, the miracles that shout are not greater than the miracles that whisper. There are doors God closed you never noticed.

People He removed before they destroyed you. Places He didn’t allow you to be at certain times.Opportunities that looked like losses,but were actually divine rescues. You did not lose out you were preserved.

The God who healed you publicly is the same God who protected you silently.The hand that raised you from sickness is the same hand that blocked sickness from coming.

Spiritual maturity is learning to thank God not only for what He delivered you from, but also for what He never allowed near you.Because what never happened to you is not luck it was God’s show of love and care beyond your knowledge.

Mercy unseen is greater than mercy shown. The unseen battles fought is bigger than the battles seen fought. The highest form of praise and testimony is lifting ones hands and saying, “Lord, thank You for the dangers I never saw,
the tears I never shed,
and the graves I never entered.”

May God open our eyes
to the silent miracles
that have been carrying us all along and the grace to share them as testimonies.

I look forward to that moment when our testimonies would not only be a recount of the seen battles God fought for us, the healing He granted, the accidents that never claimed our lives though wounded he saved us but more importantly the testimonies of the battles, protection, favors etc which though unseen we would have been consumed by them but he saved us.

The testimonies of God’s unseen love, mercy, protection, deliverance etc to us are far more than the testimonies of the seen, which form 99% of our testimonies.

Only eyes that are opened to see daily battles God fights for us quietly would know that life itself is a testimony; waking up, going and coming back unhurt, not kidnapped, not robbed etc are all great testimonies. But for the blind eyes and little minds they are not worth blaring forth as testimonies through the sounds of a microphone.

#FrBlunt