Have you ever really considered how many times you may have been spared from some danger? Maybe you know of times that you have been spared. But there are those times also that you know nothing about. I am looking forward to the time when my guardian angel will share with me all those times I have been kept safe because of his watch care.
Scary
What about the times that we do know about? Do we praise God as much as we should? I am praising the Lord today for His protection.
Just before winter, I started to notice a noise in my car as I drove back and forth to work. I don’t remember how many days I drove it but I finally said to my husband, “The noise sounds scary to me. I don’t want to drive the car again until we figure out what the noise is.” At that point, he took it to our friend mechanic. The noise sounded as if it was coming from one particular tire. So our friend proceeded to take the tire off and that is when he discovered that the lug nuts were loose on the tire. It turns out that was the only problem. Apparently, when my husband changed the wheel bearing he had not gotten the lug nuts as tight as they should have been. But who knows for sure, it seems rather strange.
Deadly
So this last week I was driving our van because my brother-in-law was here and needed to borrow a car. I drove our van for two days and on the third day as I started off to work I started hearing a knocking sound. It seemed strange to have the sound not there one day and then there the next. I was a little worried on the way to work. As I was driving it home I had already determined that I would not drive it the next day. I told my husband that it was one of those scary sounds again and I felt it was too dangerous to drive.
The next day my brother-in-law was going to drop me off at work because he still needed the car. But at the last minute, he decided to take the van and drive it in the hopes he could figure out what was wrong with it. He didn’t drive it long when he felt uneasy to keep driving it.
He ended up taking it into the place that we get our tires done to have them check things over. It turns out that the lug nuts were loose on one of the tires; only this time our tire place had been the one to do the work. And the condition was way worse. One of the studs had broken off losing the stud and the lug nut. Everything was so loose that the rim of the tire was damaged to the point of needing replacement. The tire place had to replace every stud and lug nut and order a new rim. The wholes on the rim where the studs come through so you can put on the lug nuts had gotten so big from the wear that they had to replace the rim.
Protection
I marvel at the protection that the Lord gives. I know there are many times that the Lord protects me and I don’t even know it. But every once in a while He gives me a little glimpse of what He is doing. The devil wants to take me out but he has no power over me as long as Jesus is on my side.
Stay connected
We have to stay closely connected to Christ just like the lug nuts need to be tight to the rim. As we go along in life, just like driving our vehicles, and we don’t have a tight connection there starts to be a separation from Christ.
The separation can be gradual, just like it was with my van. It wasn’t noticeable to me at first. Usually, in our lives, the separation from Christ starts with little things and we don’t notice that there is a problem. But as we continue to ignore it, things start to get worse. If I would have ignored the awful sound that I was hearing and just kept driving my van I could have had a terrible accident, bad injuries or even death.
It makes me think of our spiritual walk If we choose to keep ignoring the warning signs of separation we will lose that connection altogether and have a terrible accident, receive bad injuries and the possibility of spiritual death. But the amazing part is as we are choosing to separate ourselves; God is using every means possible to get our attention to draw us back. We don’t want to ignore the warning signs. God wants to spare us from destruction.
Dear Father,
Thank you for your protection. You protect us in so many ways, some of which we don’t see. But I praise Your Name that You are always there beside us. Forgive us for allowing the things of this world to separate us from you. Continue to draw our hearts to stay in tight connection with You, allowing nothing between us.
In Jesus Name,
Amen
Surrender all to Jesus today. This reminds me of the song written by Charles A. Tindley. This is my prayer for you.
“Nothing Between”
“Nothing between my soul and my Savior,
naught of this world’s delusive dream;
I have renounced all sinful pleasure;
Jesus is mine, there’s nothing between.
Refrain
Nothing between my soul and my Savior,
so that his blessed face may be seen;
nothing preventing the least of his favor;
keep the way clear! let nothing between.
2
Nothing between, like worldly pleasure;
habits of life, though harmless they seem,
must not my heart from him ever sever;
he is my all, there’s nothing between.
3
Nothing between, e’en many hard trials,
though the whole world against me convene;
watching with prayer and much self denial,
Triumph at last, With nothing between.”
Love you all
Do you have a story to share how God has protected you? I would love for you to share. Share your story below in the comments. We can praise God together for what He does.