” A song of ascents. I lift-up my eyes to the hills— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip— He who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.” Psalm 121 (NIV)
God is our protector. What are you facing that threatens you? Lean into God the Protector. This story helps us all appreciate how God can and does protect His children.
God and the Spider
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.
“Hah, 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 is stronger than a brick wall.”
We all face times of great trouble. When we do, it is so easy to forget how God can work in our lives, sometimes in the most surprising ways. And remember with God, a mere spider’s web becomes a brick wall of protection.
To God be the Glory! Have a good week.
Personal Application:
Are you fearful about something? Remember, you are a child of the Heavenly Father who comforts His children 2 Cor. 1:3-4
“If God is for us, who can be against us?” Rom. 8:31
List any of the worries you have. Place that list in a drawer and pray. Come back to the list two weeks later. You will be surprised how many of the worries have resolved themselves.
Jim Grassi, D. Min.
Glory to God, yes it’s true sometimes or may be most of the times we forgot that God is always there for us..