God Is Not Limited To the Human Body

Last Wednesday, I was wanting to check the oil in my car, so I decided to pop the hood after coming out of my last class at school.   I pulled the little lever in my car to pop the hood, then I popped the trunk.  Since my car doesn’t have a bar to hold the hood up, I have a board that I keep in my trunk that does it.   I grabbed the board and went around to my hood.   I lifted the hood up a couple inches, then the little lever popped out from the from of the hood.  Now normally, I just pull that lever and the hood lifts right up, not this time.  I pulled the lever and nothing happened.  Meaning I was unable to lift the hood.  I played around with it for a bit, but with no luck.  Now my hood was stuck open about 1.5-2 inches and it was also stuck so it couldn’t close.   So drove away.  I was suppose to pick up my cousins Bethany and Jesse from Illinois State University, about 5 minutes away, in about 45 minutes.  So I drove around a bit.  I stopped in an open parking lot and tried to do some homework with no success as my mind was still reeling with stress and an overwhelmingness from the Music Appreciation class that morning – a class which I dropped that night.   Then I called my dad, and he expressed concern that if the hood was just stuck, it come loose and fly off while I was driving on the freeway.  So, at his suggestion, when I picked up the Schlipf’s from ISU, I asked Jesse his thoughts.  We played around with it a bit, but still had no success.  Another ISU student was coming to his car, right next to mine, as we were doing this and he offered to spray the lever with WD40, just in case it was stuck.  So he did, and he also gave me the can just in case I needed more.   As he left he said to give it a couple of hours and then try to open it, it may not work, but it’s no harm in trying.  So I did.  Well, as I was driving home I drove a lot slower than usual, as I noticed the hood slightly bouncing in the wind.   After a few hours I tried the hood.  Nothing.   Again later I tried it several times.  Still nothing.   

That evening I had an evening Biology class.   My trips home from this class almost always consist of a powerful and great time with God.  I was coming home this Wednesday night, and was in a great time of worship with God and He brought the hood to mind.   He said, “Pray over it.”  I replied, “Okay.  When I get home, I will get out and lay my hands on the hood and pray over it.”  But God said, “No, pull over now and pray over it.”  So I pulled over on the side of this road at 9pm in the dark, got out and walked around to the front of my car.   I laid my hands both flat on the hood of my car and started praying over it.  After a bit, God then told me, “Put your hand on the lever and pray.” So I put one hand on the lever that was sticking out of the hood and kept one hand on the hood, and I prayed over them.  Shortly, I heard God say, “Now try it.”  So I pulled the lever and ‘pop’, the hood pops right open!  When I got home I tried it several more times and it works great! God is Good, He is so Good to me! God is not limited to the works in a human’s body.  God works everywhere.