Psalm 143:8-9 (ESV)
8 Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I
trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
for to you I
lift up my soul.
9 Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord!
I have fled to
you for refuge.
During World War II, a US marine was separated from his
unit on a Pacific Island. The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and
the crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades. Alone in the jungle, he
could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction. Scrambling for cover, he
found his way up a high ridge to several small caves in the rock. Quickly he
crawled inside one of the caves.
Although safe for the moment, he realized that once the
enemy soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they would quickly search
all the caves and he would be killed. As he waited, he prayed, "Lord, if
it be your will, please protect me. Whatever your will though, I love you and
trust you. Amen."
After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy
begin to draw close. He thought, "Well, I guess the Lord isn't going to
help me out of this one.."
Then he saw a spider begin to build a web over the front
of his cave. As he watched, listening to the enemy searching for him all the
while, the spider layered strand after strand of web across the opening of the
cave. "Ha," he thought. "What I need is a brick wall and what
the Lord has sent me is a spider web. God does have a sense of humor."
As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of
his hideout and could see them searching one cave after another. As they came
to his, he got ready to make his last stand. To his amazement, however, after
glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on.
Suddenly, he realized that with the spider web over the
entrance, his cave looked as if no one had entered for quite a while.
"Lord, forgive me," prayed the young man. "I had forgotten that
in you a spider's web are stronger than a brick wall."
God's resources to protect you are vast. When you pray
for protection, believe that He hears you and is able to manage it with great
skill, and even perhaps a stroke of humor.
Dear Lord, help us when we pray to trust You with the
answer. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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