It was wartime. As enemy soldiers moved into new towns, at times there was a short truce (peace) made. Then the enemy soldiers would move into the peoples’ homes and take control of their land. The people of the small town in our story were very afraid when it was time for the truce to end.
Just outside the town, close to the main road the soldiers would enter, was a house that sat alone. A godly old woman lived there, who knew and trusted in the Lord. She prayed often, asking God to raise up a wall around them, to protect them from the enemy. Her daughter, who was a widow, and one grandson lived with her.
“Grandmother,” said the boy one morning, “what do you mean by praying that the Lord would build a wall around our house? Do you really believe that He will do such an impossible thing?”
“My boy,” she replied, “I do not mean exactly that, but I am just asking that the Lord will defend us and our town. But you know, dear, nothing is impossible with Him. And if He wants to, couldn’t He do exactly that?”
Night came, and it was a terrible night. There was a violent storm of wind and snow, and those in Grandma’s house knew, by the sounds of horses and shooting and shouting, that the enemy soldiers were coming to the town. In many homes people were very afraid, but the praying grandmother was totally in peace. “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he [trusts] in Thee” (Isaiah 26:33Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. (Isaiah 26:3)).
There wasn’t even a knock at Grandma’s door that night. When morning came, they discovered why they had been left in peace. The wind had piled a huge wall of snow between them and the road, so that those passing by could not come to the house.
“My son,” said the grandmother, “can you see how easy it was for the Lord to raise a wall around us?”
Did you know that God never sleeps, and He is always watching over you? He always hears the prayers of His children. He will help you in your problems if you bring them to Jesus in prayer. “He that [keeps you] will not slumber” (Psalm 121:33He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. (Psalm 121:3)).
Messages of God’s Love 10/20/2024