Discover His heart: He is our place of safety in the time of trouble
@ Proverbs 18
Most everyone has faced at least one moment in life on the verge of an accident, fall or catastrophe. If not, I trust your insurance premium is low because you deserve it! I faced one of those moments several years ago while driving my little black Volkswagen bug, the first model. This is important to note in that it really wasn’t much bigger than I was. As I was making a left turn from a dead stop, a full-size van ran the stoplight, crossed in front of me and the front of my little car collided with the rear end of the big van. Save yourself the headache of trying to figure out how it all happened and just trust me that it did. I just hate the sound of crunching metal, especially when it’s mine.
Although time seemed to hang in space as my life flashed before me, it all happened in just a split second. There wasn’t time to brace myself, phone a friend or recite the 23rd Psalm. The only thing I had time to do was to say Jesus. And He answered. It was at the moment when I said His name that the left rear end of that van broke through my windshield and ended up where my head should have been from the impact. Instead of flying forward, I was glued to my seat as if a supernatural airbag had filled the space and I couldn’t move.
Never was the scripture that I had memorized as a five-year-old and quoted over and over more precious and more real to me than at that moment, “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.” (10, NKJV) At the time of crisis, I ran to the only name that could help me, to Someone who knew me, and it was as if He lifted me high above the scene, safe and secure. Proverbs goes on to say, “The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense; they imagine it to be a high wall of safety.” (11) How foolish they are! At the moment of impact, the biggest bank account on the planet could not have done for me what the name of Jesus accomplished in a split second.
Before the police arrived, I managed to get out of my totaled bug and went to a nearby home to call my husband. When I returned to my car, I heard a young policeman ask a bystander as he walked up to the car, “Well, have you seen any movement in the car? Anyone alive?” To his amazement, I ran over to him yelling, “Here I am, here I am.” Not a scratch on me. What a miracle! To Him be all praise and glory.
In the storms of life, when the enemy’s agenda is in full force, run to the strong tower of safety. David had been there time and time again and understood God’s place of safety when he wrote, “Lead me to the towering rock of safety, for you are my safe refuge, a fortress where my enemies cannot reach me.” (Psalm 61:3) I am living proof, dear friends, that He’s as close as the mention of His name.
Moving Forward: No matter what I face today, whether a trial or just a desire to be near Him, He’s as close as the mention of His name. Jesus!
Tomorrow @ Daniel 7-12
Phyllis Benigas 