April 6, 2006

[Rev. Doc]

Always In His Care

"But the Lord has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge."
Psalm 94:22

Police in Nepal saved the lives of Christians by arresting them and taking their van. A musical team from an Indian church traveled to Tikapur, Nepal, to attend a church conference in October, the India Missions Association reported. Hours before they were scheduled to return to India, police arrested the team leader and confiscated their van. Several officers then used the van for a personal trip to Dhan Khadi, 150 miles away.

Robbers attacked the van as it traveled through a forest, the team leader said. They had expected the van to be full of Christians and were planning to kill them and take their equipment, but police jumped out of the van and shot at the robbers, forcing them to flee. "Praise be to God who saved our lives," the leader told IMA. When he told the Tikapur police chief that God used his arrest to protect the Christians, the chief agreed that the team was blessed and decided to release them. The pastor then preached to the police chief and other officers at the station and prayed with them.

Prayer: Thank God for His watchful care in your life.

"Jesus feels for thee; Jesus consoles thee; Jesus will help thee. The Master of ten thousand chariots is not one whit better protected than the little dweller in the mountain's cleft. In Jesus the weak are strong, and the defenseless safe; they could not be more strong if they were giants, or more safe if they were in heaven. Faith gives to men on earth the protection of the God of heaven. More they cannot need, and need not wish. I cannot make myself a refuge, but Jesus has provided it, His Father has given it, His Spirit has revealed it, and lo, again tonight I enter it, and am safe from every foe."
~Charles Haddon Spurgeon