In it, Peg had recorded their many years of faithful giving into God’s kingdom. She expected a great harvest on their giving, and seeing it recorded increased her faith.
The thing Peg had noticed about life was that it always gave you new opportunities to use your faith. As she and Mike turned off the lights and got ready for bed, she thanked God for all their blessings, especially for their health. Although they’d reached middle age, they were healthy and bubbled with life.
At least they were in good health when they went to bed that night. When the sun rose the following morning, Dec. 13, 1995, Mike Miller was crippled.
Faith for the Long Haul
“Mike woke that morning crippled and in excruciating pain,” Peg remembers. “Our lives changed overnight when he was diagnosed with an acute case of rheumatoid arthritis. He had to drive 25 miles to work in such pain. I gathered a list of healing scriptures for us to meditate, confess and believe. We also started him on some nutritional supplements which helped.
“I was running out of the house one morning to get to class when the Lord spoke Psalm 2:8 to me. ‘Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession,’” Peg says.
“I was standing with Mike for his healing; for him to regain his mobility and be pain free. I also believed God for a harvest from our giving. I had no idea why the Lord would be talking to me about the nations. I didn’t think we’d been called to the nations but God often showed me things far in advance of them happening.
“For instance, in 1987 the Lord told me He was going to give me a rest home. I thought He meant a nursing home! But He said He was going to give me a home where people could find rest for their souls. In the spirit I saw a gabled house sitting near water. We often vacationed near Cape May, N.J., where there were many Victorian gabled homes on the Atlantic. I assumed that one day we would move there. But it had been eight years and it hadn’t happened.”
The thing about faith, Peg realized, was that it often involved trusting God for years to see the manifestation of His promises. It meant refusing to give up. It meant hanging on to God’s Word even when every circumstance in life screamed that you wouldn’t make it this time.
Faith for a Miracle
The challenge to Mike’s health, like others he and Peg had faced, didn’t disappear overnight. As they followed the Lord’s leading to stand in faith and to take the prescribed medication, Mike’s improvement came in small increments. Instead of settling in a wheelchair, he faced the pain and stayed on his feet, working and doing the things he enjoyed.
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