Completely Restored
Friday, June 26, 2009
We often hear of wonderful testimonies how God healed a believer from a terrible sickness, how He touched a young child's little pet from a dying condition, how He delivered a lost soul from a devil's hell, or supplied a much needed blessing in a time of desperation. But where does a computer fit into such testimonies? Does God mend man-made devices such as computers, or more specifically, hard drives? You'll find the answer upon reading the testimony below.
I really need to share this testimony.
I have just graduated from college, hence I have a lot of time on my hands right now as I look for a job. Last week, my brother lent me his computer, as well as an external hard drive, which contains lots of information (about 300 GB) of entire gospel music albums and other programs that I can access and use so as to reduce boredom. After connecting the devices, my room seemed to have countless cords criss-crossing my room. It so happened that during the weekend that just passed, I tripped on some of those cords, which in turn caused the external hard drive to slide across the surface that I had placed it on and drop with a mighty crush to the concrete floor. To my horror, its contents scattered across the room. I did my very best to reassemble them, which was not possible since I possess no knowledge at all in assembling computer hardware.
Anyway, I gathered the contents and covered the hard drive lid. I then felt very bitter in my heart and filled with sorrow, because my brother had entrusted me with his equipment and I had damaged it. I didn't know how I was going to explain to him that his precious hard drive was damaged probably beyond repair, and I felt I had let him down terribly. I knelt down and prayed, and asked God to make a way for me. I then opened the Bible randomly to the book of Judges, and my eyes were drawn to the story of Samson, where he fought the Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey after which he got very thirsty and cried out to God, and God placed water in a hollow in that same jawbone and He quenched his thirst. I thought in my heart that if He did that, then it's surely a small matter to Him to fix a man-made device.
Two nights later the drive was still in a shambles, but I still had faith. On Monday morning, I woke up in surprisingly high spirits and the first thing I did was to switch on the computer and connect the hard drive. I have been reading about the miracles that Jesus performed, but my! It's a very unique experience to personally witness a miracle. The hard drive was COMPLETELY restored, and all the information in it was intact. But for a tiny dent on the cover of the drive, one can never tell that it was in pieces a few moments before.
I feel like a totally new person today and I am grateful to God, for this is a miracle as only God could have done it. Like the blind man whose eyes Jesus opened, I can say that all that I know is that that hard drive was completely damaged, but now it's totally functional. All glory goes to God, and I hope that this testimony will be shared with others to confirm His amazing power and grace towards us in our daily walk with Him.
Thanks be to God.