In Search of God's Promises

What is the one thing we do when we feel out of control in a situation? We grasp onto something stable, something we can lean on, something that will hold us up. When the ground is shifting we want something solid to stand on. This is a journey through the Bible in search of God's promises for us today. Let's look together to see how many "boulders" He has in His quarry for us to stand on! "It is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants." Rom. 9:8

Friday, July 16, 2010

Promise 47 Gen. 19:10

Gen. 19:10 - "But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with (to) them and shut the door." This account is just like something you would see in a "Heroes" episode. The angels, and it was probably just one of them, reached out their hand (the literal says) and the door flew open, Lot flew to them and the door was shut again in a split second. It doesn't say, "they got up, opened the door, pulled Lot back into the house and then managed to shut the door with the crowd of men pressing in to get through." What happened, happened by the powerful hand of God to save Lot. Now this would seem like such a far fetched story and most people (even me until now) think they just got up and opened the door, but I had a similar incident. While leaning over a railing from a 2nd floor balcony to hand a heavy ladder down to a girl, the railing gave way from the wall and I started falling toward the ground below. As I released the ladder, a hand grabbed me from behind and pulling me (from a horizontal position) straight up to my feet. I turned around and there was nobody there. Then the voice of the Lord said, "Now, this would have been too much for you to handle." Lot found himself in an impossible situation, one that he couldn't get out of himself, the Lord intervened, by just an outstretched hand. If God could create the heavens, earth, all the animals and man by the breath of a word and can save Lot and myself with just an outstretched hand, just think what He can do for you!

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