By Liu Wen, China
God Revealed His Almightiness and So I Escaped Death
As my relatives thought that I must die of the illness, they all came to the hospital to visit me, and had a discussion about preparing for my passing. When I was about to have the operation, seeing my children were worried about me, I comforted them, “Don’t worry about me. So old am I. If anything should happen to me, don’t be sad. Just comply with God’s will.”
When the doctors pushed me into the operating room, I prayed to God in my heart, “O God! I believe You are the Ruler of all things. My life is in Your hands. Even if I die today, I’ll obey Your sovereignty and arrangements.” The operation, which lasted for four and a half hours, went smoothly. Then The doctor pushed me out of the room and told my family, “There is hope if she can come round.” My family were all looking forward to my waking up. One and a half hours later, I came to life, as if I had had a sleep. My awaking excited my family. My children said emotionally, “Mom, you’ve woken up. It’s so great!” My brother said pleasantly, “Sister, you look terrible when you’re pushed out. We all thought you were dying. Now you have awoken. The God you believe in is really wondrous. It’s your God who has saved you. I’ll thank your God.” I nodded and offered thanks and praises to God in my heart.
In the ward, the other patients hollered and howled in pain from their operations, but I didn’t feel pain because of God’s protection. Every day, wearing earplugs, I listened to God’s word and the sermons and fellowships, giving thought to the love of God. The doctor was surprised to see me using an MP5 player, so he asked my son, “Your mother really has a good attitude of mind. She should be able to use an MP5 player at her age!” My son answered, “She can read. She likes listening to opera.” Then the doctor said to me, “A true miracle it is in our hospital. You, though old and weak, still have so great willpower, and even don’t make any moan.” Hearing his words, I kept thanking and praising God in my heart: This is God’s love. God gave me faith and strength so that I could survive. I thanked God for His saving me.
God says, “God is never absent from the heart of man, and lives among man at all times. He has been the driving force of man’s living, the fundament of man’s existence, and a rich deposit for man’s existence after birth. He causes man to be reborn, and enables him to tenaciously live in his every role. Thanks to His power, and His inextinguishable life force, man has lived for generation after generation, throughout which the power of God’s life has been the mainstay of man’s existence, and for which God has paid a price that no ordinary man has ever paid.” God is the source of man’s life. I recalled the things before and after the operation. All my family thought I would die and they discussed about my passing. The doctor also said they were not sure I would live. However, I survived miraculously. I truly experienced that it is God who controls man’s life and death, and that God’s authority is supreme and unique, which is indisputable.
Relying on God Sincerely and Being Saved by God
I recovered rapidly after the operation. Twelve days later, I was discharged from the hospital. The doctors told my family I should go back for chemotherapy after the wound healed completely, otherwise I would not live long once the cancer cells spread. I was clearly aware that my life was up to God. If God ordained that my life had reached its limit, even if I had chemotherapy, I would die. Why should I suffer from the chemotherapy? I would rely on God. So I strongly refused the chemotherapy.
After returning home, the villagers came to see me. They said happily, “You got such a serious illness, yet you are still alive. It’s really that your God saved you.” I answered gladly, “Yes! Thank God for saving my life.” After two days’ rest, I went to dig the ground in the vegetable plot. My neighbor saw me, saying, “You can dig the ground! It’s so incredible!” I smiled, full of gratitude to God, and silently gave thought to God’s love.
The brothers and sisters came to visit me after hearing I checked out. Then I attended gatherings and fulfilled my duty again. Half a year later, I went to hospital for a checkup. The doctors were surprised to see me. One of them said, “I never imagined! You, past 70 with advanced intestinal cancer, neither had chemotherapy nor took medicine, but the illness was cured. Moreover, you are more energetic than before. It’s really inconceivable.” Another doctor gave me the thumbs-up, “You’re so lucky! Some time ago, a 38-year-old lady and a 42-year-old man got the same illness as you, and they died in the end.” At the moment, only I was clear that it was God’s actions. Only God can create the miracle of life. I thanked and praised God from my inner heart. Just as God says, “Man’s life originates from God, the existence of the heaven is because of God, and the existence of the earth stems from the power of God’s life. No object possessed of vitality can transcend the sovereignty of God, and no thing with vigor can break away from the ambit of God’s authority.”
After this special experience, each time I thought of God’s great love for me, I deeply felt indebted to God. Over many years of belief in God, although I performed my duty and read God’s word, I had no idea what viewpoint believers should hold to conform to God’s will. I was blinded by my superficial enthusiasm, believing that as long as I actively performed my duty, I was the person who pursued the truth, and could be approved by God. And moreover, I required God to protect me from illness. My viewpoint of belief in God was too absurd. But for the illness today, my erroneous viewpoint would not have been exposed, much less would I have reflected on myself. I found that my belief in God was just to conduct a transaction with God, to gain God’s blessings in exchange for fulfilling my duty. When illness befell me, I complained against God. I was too selfish and despicable, without conscience and reason. I didn’t know that God tried me was in order to purify and save me; instead, I misunderstood and complained against Him. I was really unworthy of attaining His salvation. Yet, my disobedience didn’t stop God from saving me, and He still walked with me at all times. He used the illness to prompt me to examine myself. When I revealed misunderstanding and complaints, God used His words to judge me, making me know the corruption in the deepest corner of my spirit and correct my erroneous viewpoint of belief in God; when I was bound by death and became weak and passive, God used His words to water and feed me, giving me faith and strength, so that I could submit to His orchestrations and stand witness, not being bound by death. God’s love for me was too great. He not only cured my fleshly illness, but purified my corrupt disposition. This was truly God’s special grace and salvation for me.
Now five years have passed, I become stronger and invigorated. Thinking of the experience of being protected by God from death, I can’t help but sing praises to God, giving deep thought to God’s salvation within. From now on, I will give the rest of my life to God, repay God’s love as long as I live, and do all that I can to fulfill my duty of a created being without demands and trades. All glory be to God!
The End.
