Isaiah 25:4 ‘For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.’
DAILY READING; Revelation 18; Isaiah 3-4; Psalm 109:1-19
On October 12, 1999, Carlos Arteaga was aboard a flight from Venezuela when it crashed into the dense Amazon jungle. Five of the eight passengers were immediately killed. Interestingly, Arteaga and the two other survivors–an 11-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy–were all Christians. The two younger survivors had escaped major injury, but Arteaga suffered severe injuries on his head, arms, hands and leg and couldn’t walk.
The two able survivors then went to seek for help and left Arteaga with a loaf of bread and a tree branch to fend off animals. Left alone in the forest for the next ten days, death seemed eminent, but Arteaga, kept claiming God’s promises of protection in Psalm 91. In that period, Arteaga said he saw amazing miracles, as God placed a rainbow near the site of the crash, which he believed supernaturally prevented any stench from the dead passengers and stopped vultures from swooping down. The crash site also was near a brook, which allowed him to drink water.
In addition, God kept him safe through the nights, despite the wild animals roaming in the jungle. Ten days after the crash, a search party finally found him.
Arteaga would spend the next nine months in the hospital undergoing surgery and recovering. On hearing his story twelve of the best doctors in Venezuela came to him in the hospital and expressed their amazement at his survival which they deemed impossible. But Arteaga told them of Psalm 91 and God’s promises of divine protection.
Arteaga became a full-time evangelist after the crash, and thousands of people in different countries have received salvation through his amazing testimony.
There are over 150 distinct miracles recorded in the Bible. God, who performed those great miracles is still doing amazing wonders in the world today. He can still manifest miracles of Biblical proportions in our lives when we put our trust in Him. .
The same God who parted the red sea, closed the mouth of the lions and caused earthquakes is our God.
And what He did in times past, He is well able to still perform in our lives today.
Though we may walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil when God is with us. Though a thousand may fall at our side and ten thousand at our right hand, evil will not come near us when God is our refuge.
While the world may be full of tribulations, through Christ we are destined for jubilation. Where others may travail, through faith in God, we will always prevail. As long as we keep our eyes on Jesus, He will surely make a way.
We may walk through dark times and unexpectedness challenges, but in everything we keep giving thanks because God is still on the throne and He is our ever present help in every trouble.
We bless Him always because He is our refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. [Isaiah 25:4]
PRAYER: Lord, You are indeed my refuge, shelter and strong tower in every storm Today, as I praise You, I thank You for showing up and showing Yourself mighty in my life in Jesus Name.
QUOTE :
God is preparing you for the season He prepared your breakthrough. – WORDBITE 222.
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