A Teeney Wittle Miracle

Breakthrough! It happened at 3:00 AM in the morning. The sanctuary was empty except for the four of us – the girl, Danny, my wife Carol, and me. All night we had been helping this girl with demons, intermittently teaching and counseling with her, and sometimes dealing with the demons as they manifested.

Then came the miracle. Now you have to realize that miracles can come in all shapes and sizes. And this was one of the greatest, most unique miracles I can remember. Yet it was so small and simple.

One particular demon, who took the name Sangthesin, had repeatedly been a thorn in our side. He somehow concocted a putrid blood. It was brownish red, and it smelled rancid. We came to understand that blood to be called ectoplasm. I had never heard of it before. It is a demonically manifested substance, somewhat common in the occult. It would come up out of the girl’s mouth sometimes. One time the girl spewed it all over a pastor friend who had come to help me. That was a first for him. The demon would write threats on mirrors, on notes, on her Bible, using this blood. One time the demon flung it all over the walls of a board room where we were meeting, to “anoint” the room and annoy us to no end. We had to stop and clean it up with soap and bleach for an hour.

So when this demon started drooling this ectoplasm out of the girl’s mouth, at 3:00 AM in the morning, I decided that we were not going to put up with this anymore. Rather than clean it up, as usual, I said to the other helpers, “No, don’t clean it up. This is the last. The Holy Spirit will deal with it once for all.”

Then the teeny wittle miracle happened. The drool of blood dried up and went away. The demon, who was silent as he tormented us, spoke up. “Who’s doing that?” That’s all he said. We smiled and looked at each other and rejoiced. HSP once again. Holy Spirit Power.

Demonic stories can be so surreal and spectacular. Satan’s power is real, and it can be very theatrical and very frightening. Demons love the thrill of putting on a show, of instilling fear. But that is the sum total of their power -- a few scares and fleeting displays of power. Far greater, deeper, and more profound is the quiet power and authority of our God through His Holy Spirit. His power is timely. It is superior. For it is borne of love. No show, just real!

“Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.” (I John 4:4)