Genesis 2:4-25; Job 2:11-3:26; Matthew 2:1-23
Herod the king…killed James…he proceeded further to take Peter also. Acts 12:1-3
He…declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. Acts 12:17
Sometimes, there are no answers. Here are two men, two arrests, two intended executions, but radically different outcomes. One family mourned. The other rejoiced. Couldn’t God have sent another angel to rescue James? Of course. Such is the divine enigma of God’s dealings. Sometimes He intervenes in our circumstances to protect us and our loves ones. Sometimes He permits evil. In the midst of such trials, all we can do is trust in the wisdom and goodness of our God. —Kevin Shantz
Simply trusting every day; trusting through a stormy way;
Even when my faith is small, trusting Jesus, that is all. —E. P. Stites