The Unseen Hand by Ann Hutchinson

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I have a seed to be sown in your life that will inspire, motivate, and strengthen your faith.?I am not a preacher, I am not a great theologian, I just know Jesus! Let’s begin.

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?In the year 2003, I was living alone in my apartment and every now and then I would experience a challenge that I could not handle alone. ?I remember one specific challenge concerned a jar with a super-glued lid. ?I had just purchased the jar from a nearby store. ?I was going to make some dinner, but the jar’s lid was so tight, it was as if someone had super-glued it together. ?I was in the process of making spaghetti and I needed to open the lid so I could use the sauce on the spaghetti. ?I tried and tried and eventually, I was fully persuaded that I could not get that lid open!?I realized that no matter what I tried, it just was not going to happen.?

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Suddenly, it hit me like a ton of bricks all at once that I could pray, and God would open it for me! ?I stepped away from the counter and I prayed that God would come to my rescue and open this lid. ?Immediately, without a warning, I literally saw the lid turn and pop! ?I was mesmerized, spellbound, and beyond amazed by what had happened right before my eyes!?My heart was pounding, and my eyes were glued to that lid, and I actually saw the lid turn and I heard a popping sound! ?I couldn’t move for a moment, but I gradually walked up to the counter and touched the lid and it was opened! ?It was literally opened! ?

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I believe with all my heart that this lid was literally “touched” by the hand of God!?Again, if I may reiterate, this divine, unseen hand that opened the lid, I believe was The Lord!!!?It was a miracle! A miracle from the Living God! ?? He (God) once again performed a miracle right before my eyes!?When you have seen what God has done, right before your eyes, you aren’t merely surprised, you are amazed! ?I remember long ago my spiritual mom said to me, “A person with an experience is never at the mercy of a person with an argument!”?That is so true! ?No one can ever take away from me what I know in my heart to be true!???

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I was so amazed, as always, to once again see the unseen hand of God!?I immediately fell to my knees and cried!?God did not have to do this, but He did; and He did it just for me!! ?How amazing is that! ?I kept asking myself who am I that He is so mindful of me? ?A mere mortal, and yet He took the time to open my lid. ?Wow! What a miracle!!

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It was not because of anything I did; but it was because of what God's son Jesus did 2000 years ago. ?It is not just who I am, but it's who I am in Him. ?I cannot explain exactly what happened, except for the fact that it was a Divine Hand, a supernatural occurrence. ?It was an unseen hand that opened the lid to this jar!!! ?How awesome is that!!?Years ago, if someone would have told me this happened to them, I do not know if I would have believed them.

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Consider this: Who am I that my God is so mindful of me. ?A mere mortal, and yet of all the people in the world with all kinds of problems, He took the time to come and open my lid.?I guess it is not so much that I am surprised, but I am so amazed!!!?He took the time to help me!! ?Wow! ?What a loving God!!!

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The lid turned and popped, and it was opened!! ?A miracle from God!!

"To experience what I experience and not share it would be sinful! "

Miracles from the Bible:

Exodus 14:21 NIV “Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided”.

According to the Exodus account, Moses held out his staff and the?Red Sea?was?parted?by?God. ?The Israelites walked on the exposed ground and crossed the?sea, followed by the Egyptian army. ?Moses again moved his staff, once the Israelites had crossed, and the?sea?closed again, drowning the whole Egyptian army.

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?Exodus 17:6 NIV “’I will stand before you on the rock at Mount Sinai. Strike the rock, and water will come gushing out. Then the people will be able to drink.’ ?So Moses struck the rock as he was told, and water gushed out as the elders looked on.”