Scripture: (all New International Version, ©2010 translation)
Joshua 24:17
It was the LORD our God himself who brought us and our parents up out of Egypt, from that land of slavery, and performed those great signs before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
Ezra 8:31
On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way.
Psalm 5:11
But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
Psalm 20:1
[ Psalm 20 ] For the director of music. A psalm of David. May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
Psalm 32:7
You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.
Psalm 40:11
Do not withhold your mercy from me, LORD; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.
Psalm 91:14
“Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
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I watched the television coverage of the storm watch, paying special attention to the scenes of cars sliding around on the ice. I know what that feels like, to lose control of the vehicle you are driving. That happened to me most recently the other week:
Driving along in the rain, I remember thinking about things for which I had prayed that didn’t seem to be manifesting. Wondering if I had heard correctly what to pray, or if there was some error in my understanding either about the situation for which I was praying or in how I was to pray, I began getting thoughts that maybe I shouldn’t pray at all.
That’s when the car hit a slick part of the road, hydroplaned and veered right. Since I had been in the right-most of the three lanes going in my direction, the car then hit the uneven grade of the highway shoulder, which (with maybe a slight left turn of the steering wheel?) sent it swerving left, all the way back into the highway’s middle lane. That’s where I remember getting control of the car as it straightened up and continued on as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened.
I looked around, and saw that there were no cars near me on the highway at all. I was about to get anxious, thinking about what could have happened had other cars been around, when a calm peacefulness seemed to descend upon me. I leaned back in the seat, and breathed a prayer of thanks to God for His protection. That’s when I was reminded that I had prayed for safe travel for this trip, and realized that what had just happened was part of God’s answer to that prayer. Considering the direction of my thoughts just before this incident, I can only be grateful to God, and leave the answering of prayers that I pray to His faithfulness, compassion, grace, mercy, and wisdom.
I watched the television coverage of the storm watch, paying special attention to the scenes of cars sliding around on the ice. I know what that feels like, to lose control of the vehicle you are driving. That happened to me most recently the other week:
Driving along in the rain, I remember thinking about things for which I had prayed that didn’t seem to be manifesting. Wondering if I had heard correctly what to pray, or if there was some error in my understanding either about the situation for which I was praying or in how I was to pray, I began getting thoughts that maybe I shouldn’t pray at all.
That’s when the car hit a slick part of the road, hydroplaned and veered right. Since I had been in the right-most of the three lanes going in my direction, the car then hit the uneven grade of the highway shoulder, which (with maybe a slight left turn of the steering wheel?) sent it swerving left, all the way back into the highway’s middle lane. That’s where I remember getting control of the car as it straightened up and continued on as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened.
I looked around, and saw that there were no cars near me on the highway at all. I was about to get anxious, thinking about what could have happened had other cars been around, when a calm peacefulness seemed to descend upon me. I leaned back in the seat, and breathed a prayer of thanks to God for His protection. That’s when I was reminded that I had prayed for safe travel for this trip, and realized that what had just happened was part of God’s answer to that prayer. Considering the direction of my thoughts just before this incident, I can only be grateful to God, and leave the answering of prayers that I pray to His faithfulness, compassion, grace, mercy, and wisdom.
…and my journey with Him continues…
1 comment:
what a quick and dramatic answer to your query...it is so exciting when we recognize God in our lives!In answering your prayers and offering to Him prayers of thanksgiving it was evident that He was making His manifest presence known.
Hallelujah!
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