Modern Miracles

Modern Miracles

“Now put your hand back into your cloak,” the LORD said. So Moses put his hand back in, and when he took it out again, it was as healthy as the rest of his body. Exodus 4:7

In today’s verse, God reveals his power over sickness and health. If we witnessed today what God did for Moses, we’d certainly call it a miracle.

I believe that miracles still happen. Just because we use medical science to treat people doesn’t mean that God is any less involved or that the cure is any less miraculous—like the night when medical science saved a woman’s life early in my career.

On a slow evening in the ER, I was relaxing in the doctor’s lounge when I received an urgent summons. Before I could even get to the exam room, I heard a woman named Allison pleading for help.

“I’m itching all over. My skin feels like it’s on fire! Please help me!”

Allison was in anaphylactic shock, on the verge of total collapse and cardiac arrest. This was a true life–and-death emergency.

I followed the standard protocol: putting her on 100 percent oxygen and starting an IV of epinephrine, Benadryl, and steroids.

“I can barely breathe,” she said in a panic. She looked terrified. “Are you sure this will work? I feel like I’m about to pass out.”

“Your blood pressure is low, and your heart rate is pretty high. That’s why you’re feeling this way,” I said. “Give the medication a few minutes to kick in, and you’ll start feeling better.”

Soon her shortness of breath began to subside. I saw the fear in her eyes abate as her blood pressure and heart rate returned to normal. It turned out she’d had an allergic reaction to shellfish. If she had gotten to the ER five minutes later, she probably would have been in full cardiac arrest.

Though we used modern medicine to treat her, I have no doubt that it was God who saved Allison’s life. The efficacy of the drugs is really no less miraculous than when God healed Moses of leprosy by telling him to put his hand inside his cloak.

God knows the dangers we face, and it’s a miracle of his grace that we can be saved through modern medicine.

TODAY’S RX

Don’t overlook or dismiss everyday miracles just because they don’t happen the same way they did in the Bible.

Lord, your power is beyond my imagination. Help me to recognize your hand at work throughout my day. I praise you for how intimately you know my needs.