For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.
A devotion for January 8th through the 14th
By this time, everyone knows what happened last Monday night. The news has been everywhere, and everyone has been talking about it. Damar Hamlin, a safety for the Buffalo Bills American football team, went into cardiac arrest on national TV, in front of teammates, fans, new crews, and anyone else you can think of. At that moment there was no time to cart him off the field. In front of everyone, CPR was started. Only when his heart started again was he taken by ambulance to the hospital.
The news has been updated every day, sometimes every hour, about his status since then. The thing that grabbed my attention when I heard the news was how everyone was silent and praying while he was still on the field getting CPR. Everyone prayed. I even read where a reporter asked for a moment of silence while he prayed right on television, for all to hear. Prayer was everywhere. Prayer.
The prayer continued and continues. I even said a prayer the following day when I heard the news. I asked God to perform one of His miracles. I’m sure I was not the only one. And He did. On the third day Damar woke up. He asked if they had won. His mind was intact, no signs of neurological damage. He still had to slowly get off the breathing machine, but he did. He continues to make miraculous strides in his recovery. And the prayers keep going.
Do you see what I saw? Did it escape you what happened? God used a very scary situation to answer the collective prayers of millions. God performed a miracle as only He can. God showed He is still the One in control. He showed that He hears, and He does answer prayer. On a grand scale, He answered prayer.
God doesn’t always answer prayer that quickly or in the way we feel it needs answered. God’s timing is not ours. God also knows what’s best for each of us. But He does answer prayer. We just might not see it right now. But sometimes we do.
Don’t stop praying. He doesn’t stop listening and He doesn’t stop answering.