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; – • John 17; 2 Chronicles 25; Psalm 82
Diet Eman was an ordinary, young girl in the Netherlands—when the Germans invaded their country in 1940.
Eman felt God calling her to resist the German oppressors, which included risking her life to find hiding places for Jews and other people being targeted by the Nazis.
Eman and her fiancé then began aiding in the Resistance fight against the Germans.
However, in 1944, the Germans started hunting for the Dutch resistance fighters, causing Diet Eman to spend months on the run. She frequently changed locations and her name, with the help of fake identification cards. But one day, while she was transporting illegal documents under her shirt, six German officers caught up to her and stopped her.
Looking at Eman’s ID, they pinpointed it as fake. Eman knew that if they found the illicit trove hidden beneath her clothing, she would be arrested for immediate execution.
But before they could further scrutinize her, at that very moment something happened that she saw as an act of God.
The officers’ attention were suddenly diverted by another officer, who had a new raincoat made from plastic, a rare material in those days. This man started to show off his digs to his colleagues, who all momentarily focused on him, marveling at his raincoat. Taking advantage of the distraction, Eman carefully pulled out the bundle of documents under her clothes and tossed them far away from her.
When the officers finally returned their attention back to her, the only thing they could accuse her of was having a fake ID.
She was arrested on light charges and was eventually released.
Though Many of the other Resistance fighters, were caught and sent to concentration camps, Diet Eman, escaped capture by divine grace.
Her story is contained in the book ‘Things We Couldn’t Say’.
Indeed the story of Diet Eman showcases the power of God’s grace..
Grace can create an escape out of the snare of the fowler.
The grace of God is one of the vital mysteries of life. Our survival does not depend on our strength or smartness, rather it is the grace of God that makes the huge difference.
If we are to depend on our five physical senses to survive on earth, we would be grossly limited.
Sometimes we can walk unawares into the evil traps of the wicked, yet God causes our soul to escape as a bird out of every snare.
We live in a world of uncertainty today, where grace is a total necessity. We have often heard stories of people who stepped out of their home, only to end up getting kidnapped or falling into diverse traps of evil agents.
In a world of such great insecurity and increasing wickedness, we constantly need God’s divine help..
Grace is able to blind the eyes of the evil ones from seeing us. It can cause us to miraculously escape what may trap others.
Indeed we all need God’s grace to survive the evils and troubles of these end times..
One way we can multiply God’s grace in our lives is through knowledge.
2 Peter 1:2 says “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,”.
Therefore let us continually fill our hearts with God’s Word so that His grace will keep increasing upon our lives.
Today, it doesn’t matter how tightly the enemy may seem to have woven his nets or dug his pit, God will surely cause you to escape. It may seem right now as if there is no way out of that looming financial crisis, health challenge or family problems, but trust God to show up with miracles, signs and wonders..
As we constantly acknowledge, appreciate and celebrate God, certainly, every setback will only become a setup for His grace, to show up for our miraculous deliverance.
PRAYER, Father, please enable me to diligently study Your Word so that Your grace will be multiplied upon my life. I know that even right now You are making a way for me through Your saving grace that is at work in my life in Jesus Name.
QUOTE;
It’s never over in your life until you win God is still in control of your life. WORDBITE 222