Acts 19:11-12
God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.
I have no personal experience of my own handkerchiefs being a blessing to anyone else, and those close to me suggest they probably wouldn’t be! But that’s not the point. God will work in the way He chooses, and in this wonderful period of Paul’s ministry, that was exactly what He chose to do. The reference to the handkerchiefs here is probably to the sweat bands that Paul used in his daily tentmaking work.
When we hear about God working in miraculous ways, we are naturally keen to see Him do exactly the same things today. However, I believe our focus needs to be on the fact that God is always acting miraculously. It happens when people get better after a time of illness; when people recover after skilful surgery; when a child is born; when people find new hope; or when we look at the beautiful countryside or watch a majestic sunset. Every day we are being blessed by miracles, and that needs to encourage us to expect God to work in new and amazing ways. Looking at my handkerchiefs or my shadow, I don’t have any particular expectation that God is suddenly going to do amazing miracles with them, but looking at the miraculous God that I know, I find it very easy to believe that He might do so.
Question
In what ways have you seen God act miraculously in the past week?
Prayer
Loving God, open my eyes to see the amazing miracles that You are going to do today. Amen

Released on 5 Sep 2026