Knowing...ISN'T ENOUGH

I distinctively remember my 7th grade teacher teaching about the natural and the supernatural. And saying that the supernatural isn't real where the natural is.... I beg to differ...A few months ago, I was talking with my 11 year old cousin. She's very interesting, attends a catholic school (she's not catholic, she would want me to add that). She was studying greek mythology in school and has fallen deeply in love with the mythological creatures and the supernatural aspects that are taught at her age in school. She just genuinely fascinated.I turned on the television the other night and flipped through the channels to find a variety of shows with the same themes really...The movie "The Craft"Buffy the Vampire Slayersome show with 3 "good" witchesSupermanWishboneand there were several others...I believe that every individual inherently has a reality sensor and they are so curious about supernatural things regardless of their origin. As humans we KNOW that there is something more. We struggle and wiggle and maybe we don't want to say that we're curious because it would commit us to some weird random discussion or relationship. The shows above wouldn't be on the air if people weren't fascinated by them and watch them. I love watching superman, he does things that I can't...he can fly...he can help people...he changes his clothes a LOT faster than I do! I want to be super(wo)man! Why not...it's interesting...it's cool!People want the supernatural in their life! Something that a load of people aren't willing to talk about is the FACT THAT GOD IS SUPERNATURAL and what HE does is SUPERNATURAL...and contradictory to my 7th grade teacher...God is REAL. People are a lot more willing to talk about a supernatural God when they or someone they love needs healing and doctors can't help. But I can say that I definitely have people's attention faster when I talk to them about miracles that I've experienced rather than just dumping heaps of scripture on their lap. The Bible IS supernatural. We can read it but the promises in it are for TODAY! They are ALIVE and although a simple book is natural...words that are alive are supernatural. You can read them, CLAIM them as your own and apply them to your life. An example, I've prayed healing for many people both through intercession and through the laying on of hands and I believe that God can do it. (supernatural...we as humans can't just "figure it out"). I was in Central Asia a little over a year ago and a student from an incredibly rough background came up to me and asked me to pray for him. He said that he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and was dying. If you looked at him, you wouldn't have questioned it, the man LOOKED DEAD. In the old testament, there is a point when Elijah has to put everything he knows to be true on the line...a point of either faith or no faith (and this man had FAITH with capital letters! He had an altar that needed to be lit on fire and God had to do it... he let the other team go first...their god needed to light their altar on fire... they did everything they could to get their god to light their altar... nothing happened. Then it was Elijahs turn...fire from heaven needed to come down and light this bad boy on fire! Not only did Elijah ask God to light it on fire... He dumped lots of water on it! (God delights in doing things that we think would be impossible...especially when it makes him look really good!). And so...short story short...God burns that altar up! Awesome right?Then we come back to now...and you have Elijah moments in your life... moments where you darn well better know that you know that you KNOW...that what you stand for an believe is true... KNOWING...ISN'T ENOUGH... you have to do something with it. For Elijah to just know that God was real and not step out...not put his faith on the line wouldn't have been enough. For me to know that my God is a God that heals wouldn't be enough...especially with an influential man...a future leader of a CNN country to be in need of healing and for me to just KNOW that God heals wasn't enough... I had to do something with it. I spoke with authority and said that it was not a tumor that it was a migraine and I laid my hands on him (which was against a load of his cultural regulations) and claimed his healing in the middle of a student union. The next morning, he went to the doctor and came in to see me in the union again looking healthy, excited and saying, "Katrina, he used the same words you used...the same words, it's a migraine and not a tumor Katrina...a migraine and not a tumor!" The only words that came from my mouth at that moment were:"That's the God I serve."Knowing that my God heals wasn't enough, we have to step out and sometimes put our reputations on the line so that He can get the glory that He deserves.Don't just know...believe...and step out. Everytime, I've ever stepped out for Jesus and done something "supernatural" to a 7th grade teacher... God has shown up and done miraculous things. The God I serve is way cooler than any "supernatural" tv show...The truth...is ALIVE.