Proverbs 16:7 ‘When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.’

DAILY READING • Mark 5:1-20; 2 Samuel 13; Daniel 7

The 2002 film ‘The Pianist’ is about the life of a famous Polish pianist and classical composer named Władysław Szpilman.
The film is the true story of how he survived the German invasion of Warsaw through help from unexpected quarters.
As the war intensified and many Jews were killed, Szpilman, who was a Jew, also went into hiding.
When the Nazis drove the entire population out of Warsaw and took over the city, Władysław remained hidden in an empty building, where he struggled to survive. However, one day, towards the end of World War II, a German officer discovered his hiding place.
As the famous pianist faced the German officer, he thought he was about to be shot.

Szpilman had not bathed in months, and had been living off scraps for more than a year. As Szpilman prepared his mind to die, he was surprised to hear the officer ask him about his profession. When Szpilman said he was a pianist, the German then took him to a battered piano in a corner of the house and asked him to play. Though he had not touched a piano for three years and was near starvation, Szpilman played Chopin’s Nocturne in C-sharp minor.
The officer seemed impressed. He then gave Szpilman food and clothing. Though the German officer should have arrested or killed him, rather he let Szpilman hide in the attic of the house and continued to bring him food and warm clothing till the end of the war. Through the help of the German officer, Władysław was able to survive. After the war, Szpilman picked up his career as a pianist and continued to play in concerts around the world.

We all know that God can bless us and provide for us, but we don’t always realize, God can sometimes use our enemies to do so.
Indeed God can send help from strange quarters. He can use the sources you least expect to favor you. Just as God sent the ravens to feed Prophet Elijah, God can use unconventional ways and least expected means to meet our needs.
Sometimes we may worry about how we are going to get through certain situations, but we have to learn to trust in God’s divine grace and mercy.
God is not limited in how He will save; He can save by few or many. He can cause doors to open for you that you can’t even explain how or why. God can cause those who were supposed to be against you to suddenly turn around and be for you.
God is a father; who truly loves us and cares for us more than we can ever care for ourselves. As we obey His Word and do those things that pleases Him, He will prevail over enemies and contrary situations in our lives.

Proverbs 16:7 says when a man’s ways please the Lord; He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

When you focus on pleasing God, He can make your enemy be at peace with you by showing you mercy. Lamentations 3:22 says through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fails not.

Indeed when we fear God and please Him, there will be no limit to His goodness in our lives. He will give us even blessings we don’t deserve or qualify for.
In Deuteronomy 6:11, God said when we honor Him, He would give us houses that we did not build and we would reap from vineyards that we did not plant.

God does all of these because of His amazing love for us.
Let us therefore focus on pleasing God by walking in line with His Word and maintaining a spiritually fervent life. As we do, surely, His divine help will always locate us and we will never be stranded in life.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for Your amazing love towards me. I thank You for the good plans You have for my life. Indeed I know that even right now You are at work to perfect all that concerns me in Jesus Name. .
QUOTE:
You will never need more than God to experience the impossible in life. WORDBITE 222..