WORD TODAY: Desperate Situations

 

Desperate Situations Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists. Acts 12:7 God has a thousand keys to open a thousand sundry doors for the deliverance of His own, even when it is a desperate case. Let us be faithful; and care for our own part which is to suffer for Him, and lay Christ’s part on Himself, and leave it there. —George MacDonald Ah, soul, it may have to come to the worst before you are delivered; but you will be delivered! In the darkest hours of the night, God provides a way. God may keep you waiting, but he is ever mindful of His promises, and will appear to fulfill His inviolable Word. —F. B. Meyer There’s a simplicity about God in working out His plans, yet a resourcefulness equal to any difficulty, and an unswerving faithfulness to His trusting child, and an unforgetting steadiness in holding to His purpose. Through a fellow-prisoner, then a dream, God lifts Joseph from a prison to a premiership. And the length of stay in the prison prevents dizziness in the premier. It’s safe to trust God’s methods and to go by His clock. —S. D. Gordon Difficulty is the very atmosphere of miracle— it is miracle in its first stage. If it is to be a great miracle, the condition is not difficulty but impossibility.