Thoughts for another day

January 21, 2009.

Today's verse: Ps. 33:18. Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

A man once fell into a hidden and large ditch from which there was no way out without help. He shouted but no one came. The ditch was close to a path less traveled and unless people wanted to go up the adjacent hill, no one would come on that path. He grew tired and waited and waited. It was early morning when he fell and now getting to be late evening and anxiety started creeping in his heart: what would happen if he had to stay in the ditch the night. He knew people wouldn’t even bother to come that way and the thought was frightening. He was hungry and thirsty. He started worrying about his family too. What would his young wife and two little children think and do? Sitting helplessly in the ditch, thoughts of God floated in his mind. He recalled last Sunday’s sermon when the Priest mentioned that God’s eyes are upon His people, particularly those who feared Him and hoped for His mercy.

He had always reverenced God; now all he could do was hope that God would rescue him; though a faint doubt did creep in his mind - how? A silent prayer escaped his lips, ‘God if you are looking, let me out of this ditch pls. God…’ After a while suddenly, something fell in the ditch. From the form he realised it was a goat. The goat started bleating loudly and in the dark of the night, he heard foot steps on the grass. He lost no time in yelling and then he saw the light of a lantern approaching the ditch. He shouted, warning the person about the ditch and not to come close. The person gradually came close and shining his light spoke to him asking him to hold on till he could get help. A little while later, he and the goat were both pulled out from the ditch.

Back home recounting his experience to his wife, he mentioned his thoughts about the scripture he’d remembered and how God had helped him. They wondered how the goat had fallen in the same ditch at that late hour which was very unusual. It happened that the goat had escaped that night and its owner was searching for it tracking its path. God brought the goat on that path and that’s how he came to be rescued. They realised it was God’s plan of rescuing him. What a marvelous God and what a way He worked in the life of this man! Truly, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him and who hope in His mercy.