Psalm 143:8-9 Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the
morning, For in You do I trust; Cause me to know the way in which I should
walk, For I lift up my soul to You. Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies;
In You I take shelter.
Last week, when we were in the midst of a war, I stumbled across
this amazing story that I wanted to share.
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. (George, Baht Rivka, Elianna & Obadiah)
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