Psalm 124:7-8 ‘Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.’

DAILY READING • Galatians 5:1-15; Lamentations 5; Psalm 147

One of the remarkable stories of survival from the holocaust is the story of a Jewish dentist named Dr. Dovid Landau. In the 1930’s he established a thriving practice in the town of Piaskes in Poland.
At outbreak of World War 2, when the Germans invaded Poland, Dr. Dovid Landau, was patronized secretly by some Nazi soldiers. These soldiers had been strictly forbidden from going to any Jewish doctor, but due to Dr. Landau’s good reputation and expertise, they came to him. Some of these Nazi soldiers befriended him and through their help, Dr. Dovid was able to ensure a somewhat easier life for his Jewish brethren, who at this time were suffering a lot of persecution under the rule of Adolf Hitler..

One day, Dr. Landau happened to be in town and came across a gathering where Nazi soldiers were about to hang three Jewish men. To Dr Landau’s surprise, the German commander in charge randomly picked him from the crowd to place the noose around the neck of the three men. When Dr. Landau refused, the German commander instructed two soldiers to take him out to the fields and shoot him.
However both men happened to be Dr. Landau’s patients. When they arrived at the outskirts of town, instead of killing him, they released him and told him to leave town and never to return again. They took out their guns, shot twice into the air, returned to tell the commander the job was done.

Dr. Landau escaped from the town and later located some Jewish resistant fighters hiding in the forest and stayed with them until the war was over and he was eventually reunited with his family.

Indeed in desperate situations and moments where there seems to be no way, God is able to raise help from least expected quarters. Despite how tight the trap, God is able to cause our soul to escape as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers. (Psalm 124:7-8).

Our journey on earth can be fraught with challenges, and unexpected twists and turns. However, in all the trials, there is always help for us in God. He is our way maker and our bridge over troubled waters.

Those times that life doesn’t seem to make sense and you feel surrounded or overwhelmed, instead of despairing, fix your eyes on Jesus.
Despite, the roaring sea, somehow He will create a path of escape through the mighty waters.
Therefore, rather than panic, switch to praise and rather than worry, start to worship.

Praise always brings God’s Presence which makes all the difference in our situation..
Indeed there is no mountain that God cannot level, no sea that He cannot dry up, and no Jordan that cannot be driven back for your sake.

God is not limited in how He can save. He can raise help for you from strange quarters.
God can use unconventional ways and least expected people to meet your needs. Just as He commanded the ravens to come to prophet Elijah’s aid, God can command blessings for you from unlikely sources. People you don’t even know will come to your aid.
Those who should be against you, will inexplicably turn around to be for you.

Just as God is in perfect control of the universe, so is He in total control of our lives. His plans for us are not haphazard, neither are they contingency plans drawn up at a critical moment. He has our lives under full control and He has said that not even a hair can fall from our head without His knowledge..

Therefore rather than fret over negative situations, let us keep blessing the Lord at all times because He is at work in our lives.
As we praise Him, there will be a sudden shift in our circumstances. Help will arise from the least expected places. We will see miraculous turnarounds, inexplicable wonders and sudden divine deliverances.

PRAYER: Lord, thank You for granting me the grace to praise You always and in every situation. And as I praise You today, I know You are taking over my battles and bringing me out of every low place to walk upon my high places in Jesus’ Name.

QUOTE
The tests you are going through in life today is not for your destruction, it is for your testimony. – WORDBITE 222.