https://odb.org/MY/2022/04/25/pulled-to-safety
In my eulogy for my father, I wrote of two instances where my father had pulled me up to safety. Once when I nearly fell into a fast flowing monsoon drain during a downpour, that was just about 50m from a river and another time when I fell into a fresh water pond. Today’s ODB story reminds me of those two times my dad had saved my life. It also reminds me of Peter who was walking on water suddenly overcome by doubt and fear and began sinking and Jesus pulled him to safety.
I’m sure there was divine intervention when my father pulled me to safety in those two instances. Or those times when I was travelling on the PLUS highway (I have been doing this daily for the past 21 years except since WFH due to MCO etc) and had averted a serious accident after being able to avoid the car in front by a whisker. I remembered clearly even after nearly 20 years when the car in front suddenly jammed its brakes and pulled to a full stop, but I managed to swerve to the left to avoid colliding into it, by just a mere split second. It was a multi car collision but I was saved. Praise the Lord! It was really good that there were no cars at the left lane then. Or that time when a car had turned in to the left lane to let me pass to suddenly turn back into my lane! Fortunately, I managed to react in time. Surely God was in those situations alerting me quickly to the situation at hand so I could take immediate remedial action.
There were also instances in the past when the Lord helped me out of a crisis at work by giving me an idea out of a difficult situation or helping me to come out with a viable compromise to break a deadlock. Or rescuing me when others had abandoned me at the pit. Sometimes we become casualties due to structural changes in the organisation or just plain personal agendas or political games at play. But if we love God and are called according to His purpose, He will make all things work out for good. If He has a plan for us, He will make sure His plan is fulfilled and not derailed by human machinations. Humans may manipulate situations for their own purposes but God is sovereign and above all things. He will protect His flock and will rescue us.
The point I like to make today is that the Lord does rescue people as we can see of countless examples in the bible as well as my own experience in life. Christ is alive and real. He rescues even if it was our stupidity and naivety that had put us into that delicate situation in the first place. Look at the big picture – it could all be part of an elaborate plan of God for our lives. Just flow along and go with the flow. Put our trust in Him as even the waves and wind still know His name! Let go my soul and trust in Him, even the waves and wind still know His name! Amen!
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