Hebrews 13:5 (AMP), “I will never under any circumstances desert you nor give you up nor leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless], nor will I forsake or let you down or relax My hold on you, Assuredly not!”

DAILY READING; Luke 11:29-54; Genesis 20; Psalm 13

The amazing survival story of Dayalan Sanders made Headline news in the aftermath of the 2004 Tsunami.
Dayalan Sanders is an American missionary who sold his house in America to build the Samaritan Children’s Home in Navalady, Sri Lanka in 1994.
He and his family lived together with 28 orphanage children in the small fishing village which was near a river.
Sanders had a boat they used when going across the river. This boat was usually brought into the building every night as a precaution against theft.
A day before the 2004 Tsunami, being a Christmas day, Sanders held Church services and dinner for 250 Hindus from the village. After the event he was so exhausted that he went to bed early and forgot to bring in the boat.
The next morning, Sanders woke up early, as was his custom to pray. He was a man of prayer who had a habit of getting up at 4 a.m. in the mornings to walk around the orphanage grounds and pray.
After praying he went back inside the house. Then around 7:30am, his wife raised an alarm, and Sanders ran outside and saw a 30-foot wall of water racing towards them.
At that point the mistake of forgetting the boat by the riverside, became a divinely orchestrated miracle that saved their lives. Everyone in the orphanage all quickly jumped into it to escape the approaching tsunami.
Another miracle was that at the first pull of the starter cord, the boat engine instantly came alive. This was something that had never happened before as it normally took four to five pulls to start the engine.
The boat roared into the lagoon at almost precisely the same moment that the wall of water came crashing down on the single-story orphanage building, pulling it down and virtually destroying everything in sight.
They escaped across the river and arrived at the other side of the shore, where they found shelter in a Church and joined other survivors of the epic earthquake which claimed the lives of an estimated 240,000 people. Sanders ever remained grateful to God for causing all things to work together in their divine escape from the tsunami.

Romans 8:28 says “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him.”

Paul begins this verse by saying: “And we know.”
As believers, we indeed know that God is faithful and good, however, in life there are so many things we don’t know.
We don’t know what tomorrow will bring, we don’t what world events will turn out to be, we don’t know about the weather, the economy, pandemics etc. We don’t even “know what we ought to pray for” except the Holy Spirit helps us.(Romans 8:26 NIV).

In the uncertainties around us, God is the only constant in the midst of the chaos. He never changes, never fails and abides faithful forever. Our hope and anchor is in knowing that He is always watching over us and will never leave us nor forsake us.

In Hebrews 13:5 (Amplified Bible), God tells us: “I will never, under any circumstances, desert you nor give you up nor leave you without support; nor will I in any degree leave you helpless; nor will I forsake or let you down or relax My hold on you. Assuredly not!”

Indeed God is our only hope and ever present help in this world. This is why we ought to constantly draw closer to Him, through intimate fellowship, study of the Word and prayers.

Perhaps today, you are worried about the future and the uncertainties of life. Perhaps you are concerned over your health, family, business, career, relationships etc.
But why worry when you can pray?
You may not understand everything that’s going on in your life, but one thing you can do is to pray. Prayer is life’s engine room where things are turned around for our good.
As we pray, God goes ahead of us to make every crooked path straight. He takes every adversity and every difficulty and supernaturally turns them all around to work together for our good.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the grace for a consistent prayer life and study of Your Word. I know indeed that You are causing everything to work out together for my good and giving me the victory in all situations in Jesus’ Name.
QUOTE
There is more to you than meets the eyes. Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise. – WORDBITE 222