Safety
I don’t know about you but it seems that safety doesn’t always enter my mind. Every time I leave my driveway for work I send up a little prayer for safety but I am not always mindful of the safety I receive. It seems like we just expect that nothing is going to happen. This is where we need to change our thinking. We should be grateful for every day that goes by where we have made it through the day safely. God is protecting us each day and we don’t seem to realize but we take it for granted. We just automatically think we are always going to be safe.
Seconds later
As I was on my way to work one morning I was reminded of the safety that God provides. When I come to the stop sign that comes out of our road onto the highway it can be hard each morning to get out on the road because the traffic is so heavy. Looking to my left there is a curve down a ways. When you just see someone coming around that curve you can still pull out but you better be getting up and going quickly. If you wait until you see no car coming you would “never” get out.
This particular morning a pickup truck was just coming around the corner and I was going to go. I don’t even know how to explain it except the Lord. I was going to go and then I thought to myself, “no your not going to go”, and I didn’t. Like maybe 2 seconds later a car was just about to pass in front of me.
There was a snow bank to my left and there had been a car that I could not see. Talk about give me the chills. If I would have gone there would have been a major accident. The speed for that road changes from 60 to 55 just before my road but more than likely people are still going 60. It would not have been a pretty sight. I realized that thought that came to my mind was the Lord’s prompting and I was so glad that I listened.
Listening
I have found through my life that if I listen to that still small voice more often, that it would save me from so many things. What amazes me is that God cares about every aspect of our lives. We tend not to think about the little things that He helps us with throughout the day. Those promptings that come that we listen to and things turn out good. We may receive promptings that we don’t listen to and then we blame God for something bad happening to us. Don’t get me wrong I know that bad does happen to us that we have not brought on ourselves but we would save ourselves a lot if we would listen to His voice.
Am I at fault?
I do believe the devil does a lot of things to try and discourage us. God doesn’t do those bad things but He has allowed them. But when bad things happen to us I believe it is good for us to search our hearts and lives to see if we have contributed. I think there is a lot of things we bring on ourselves and then we blame God and if we had been in line with His Word it could have been prevented. If we search our hearts and there is anything that we need to confess or give up and we make changes our lives would be so much better through the trials. Whether we have done anything wrong intentionally or not God shows us through trial those areas of our lives that need changing and refining.
We can blame God and go on in misery or we can use the opportunity to allow the heat of trial to refine our character so that we come out as gold. As we do this the devil will be defeated. Jesus already defeated him but we have to accept that defeat by allowing the Lord to refine us through trial.
Let’s get off the blame game
We sometimes blame others for what we are going through as well. “Well if so and so hadn’t done this or that I wouldn’t be upset, things would be better.” God has allowed it into your life for a purpose. Just the attitude of blame shows that there is growth that needs to happen in our lives.
If anyone had a right to blame others and God Himself it was Jesus. Read about His life. It was not a bed of roses. He could have blamed God for allowing the devil to tempt Him and using people to bring pain and sorrow to Him. He could have blamed each of us for even having to die and give up aspects of His life that He will never gain back. But He did not. He knew this was within God’s plan for us to be saved. And even though we are the blame He did not and has not blamed us but only loved us. His love is what changes us if we allow it.
Dear Father,
Help us to listen to Your still small voice. Help us to use everything that comes into our lives as an opportunity to trust You and to grow in You.
In Jesus Name,
Amen
Praise God for the safety that He supplies for you today. Listen to that still small voice and allow the trials to refine your character.
Love you all.
Do you have a story about a time you know you receive protection? Share your story below, I would love to hear it.