IT TOOK A MIRACLE
When World War II came along, John Peterson enlisted in the Air Corps and became a pilot and eventually an instructor. As a pilot, he served his time in China and flew B47’s over the Burma Hump. His payload was 100 octane gas, which was used to keep our fighting planes in the air as we fought Japan. Many of John’s flights were made at night. During these flights, after he had put the plane on automatic pilot, he would not only spend his time watching out for enemy planes which might attack, but also viewing the mighty works of the heavens which an omnipotent God had made. A God that John knew as his Heavenly Father, for he had accepted Christ as his Saviour while still a young boy.
John told me that often, when the return flight was in the daytime, he would fly his plane in low, and wing his way between the rugged mountains passing over many of the native villages. As he did this, his thoughts often dwelt on the fact that the God of miracles and wonders in the heavens was the same God who “So Loved the World,” that He had given His all, His only begotten Son, that even these natives, unknown to John, but known and loved by God, might experience the greatest miracle of all – eternal life!
When the war came to an end, John first went back home to Wichita, Kansas, and then came to Chicago to give himself to the study of music. It was while in Chicago that he reviewed some of his never-to-beforgotten experiences in the armed services, and was inspired to write, “It Took A Miracle.” “My Father is omnipotent and that you can’t deny…; A God of might and miracles, etc.; But when He saved my soul, cleansed and made me whole; It took a miracle of love and grace.”
It Took a Miracle
1. My Father is omnipotent, And that you can´t deny;
A God of might and miracles, ´Tis written in the sky.
CHORUS:
It took a miracle to put the stars in place,
It took a miracle to hang the world in space.
But when he saved my soul,
Cleansed and made me whole,
It took a miracle of love and grace.
2. Tho here His glory has been shown, We still can’t fully see
The wonders of his might, his throne, T’will take eternity.
3. The Bible tells us of his power And wisdom all way thru;
And every little bird and flow’r Are testimonies too.
4. The greatness of the Lord is seen In everything He made,
But greater far the work He did When on Him my sin was laid.
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