On this fateful day, I arrived at work and was told that a family had just lost someone and would like me to come and pray for the person who had just passed away and give the family pastoral support. After the encounter, I went back to the office. While reflecting on this encounter with another chaplain, she said something that struck me and became the topic of this article. She said to me, “You know, we are all like walking miracles.” I wrote that down immediately. I had never thought of this before; have you?
How often do we find ourselves praying for a miracle? We ask God to open doors, heal broken hearts, restore relationships, provide answers, change impossible situations, etc. Like the psalmist in Psalm 121:1, we look towards heaven, expecting something extraordinary to happen. Yet, in the middle of our waiting, there is a breathtaking truth we often overlook: “We are already walking miracles.”
Are you wondering how? I will tell you. Do you know that the fact that you sleep and wake up every morning is nothing short of a miracle? It is not that we are better sleepers than those who slept and didn’t wake up again. Do you know that the breath you and I still have in our lungs is a miracle? Wait until you find yourself in a situation where you must struggle to breathe the air that is everywhere and free of charge. I have been in that situation before, and I can confess that it is not a situation anyone would like to be in. That is the reason why the psalmist said in Psalm 150:6, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.” Sometimes we take this for granted, forgetting that breath cannot be bought anywhere, no matter how much we have. So, the breath you still have and are enjoying is a great miracle for which we should thank God each day. One of our patients will always say, “Each day is a bonus.” The strength that carried you through yesterday’s struggles is a miracle. The grace that kept you from falling apart is a miracle.
Many of us have survived storms that should have destroyed us. We have endured heartbreak that nearly crushed us, battles that left us exhausted, and seasons that tested every ounce of our faith. Yet here we are. Still standing. Still believing. Still moving forward. Sometimes we may understand all these as coincidences. But the fact is that they are not. They are but the miraculous hand of God at work.
Let us reflect deeply on this together. Take a moment and look back over your life. Think about the dangers you escaped at one point or another since you came into this world. To be frank, I won’t be able to count mine; they are too numerous to mention. Think about the sickness you overcame. For now, by God’s grace, apart from the time I had an accident and when I had surgery on my hand, which was also part of the injury I sustained in the accident, I have never stayed overnight in hospital. I won’t say I am lucky; all I can say is that I am a walking miracle. But some of us have battled serious medical problems and are still alive today to testify. Are you one of them? Feel free to share your story of survival with me.
Think about the disappointments that could have buried your dreams. Think about the moments when you had every reason to quit but somehow found the strength to continue. There were nights when tears flowed freely. There were seasons when prayers seemed unanswered. There were valleys so dark that you couldn’t see a way out. Yet God carried you. The fact that we are all here today is evidence that His grace was greater than our struggles. Your scars are not signs of defeat; rather, they are trophies of God’s faithfulness. Every challenge we survived testifies that God’s hand has been upon our lives. The enemy may have intended our pain for destruction, but God has used it for development, strength and testimony.
You know one thing? When we understand that we are walking miracles, everything changes. We will stop seeing ourselves as insignificant. We will stop allowing our past to define our future. We will stop measuring our worth by the opinions of others. Instead, we will begin to walk with confidence, knowing that God preserved us for a purpose. We will begin to see every day as a gift, every challenge as an opportunity and every setback as a setup for a greater comeback.
As we walk through life, our story becomes a source of hope for others. Sometimes the miracle people are praying for is not an event. Sometimes it is meeting someone whose life reflects God’s faithfulness. That person can be you today, only because you are a “walking miracle”.
