If you make the Most High your dwelling— even the Lord, who is my refuge— then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; Psalm 91:9-11
Today I watched as a young lady’s life was taken in a car crash. As I sat stopped at an intersection I glanced in my rearview to see a pickup truck rushing up on me. As he passed me on the right hand shoulder he blew through the intersection at about 50mph. There were two cars in the intersection and it was one of those moments when you just knew what was going to happen. It was a double lane and one car was going straight while the young lady was turning left. There were no brakes squealing only the image in my mind as this truck T-boned into the driver’s door. I will pause right here to say that what happened next defies any logic I can come up with. As the first car went straight, a gap barely wide enough for the truck opened and what was imminent did not happen. My mind’s eye saw one thing but God saw something different. The truck somehow made an impossible jog left and then right through the gap never touching either vehicle. What should have been the death of this young lady; did not happen by the grace of God. It was a bit of a frozen moment as the lights changed and nobody moved. I think everyone present at the intersection was confused by the impossible. As I thought about this incident on the way home I pondered how often God actually intervenes in our lives that we are never even aware of. I can recount more stories about doing stupid stuff that should have landed me in a wooden box than I care to remember, but only God knows the number of times a flat tire or slow traffic or a slow clerk making change made the difference between me being here or not being here. Life is a vapor, and a very short one at that, but today reminded me that my time here is not finished and that means God’s plan for me is not finished either. Tonight I lift up my praises to The Merciful and Mighty God…The One who is Mighty to save…not just from physical death, but from eternal spiritual death.
Give me words to speak…
