Acts 9

The transformation of Saul is usually the high point in this chapter as I have mentioned before. However, what is happening in the life of Peter is nearly as amazing. Peter has seen God use him in the past to heal people and to cast out demons but now Peter is going to face something he had only seen Jesus do, raise the dead. Peter trusts God and God performs a miracle. What must it have been like for Peter to see God do such a miracle through him? 

Yet, I will point out that this is not the usual result. The disciples buried Stephen, no miracle then. Later James would die, no restriction then. We read a lot about miracles in the book of Acts but then as now, they are the exception, not the rule. As I heard Chuck Swindoll say (I don't remember where), "They're called miracles, not commons." They are the exception and we should rejoice when they take place but keep trusting God when they don't. Most of us have to live our lives facing the same challenges as the rest of humanity, just like Jesus did.