I don’t believe in happenstance. I don’t believe that luck or being In The right place at the right time exists. I believe God does things to meet our needs in the right place, right time and the right way.
It was one of those days, a typical Sunday morning. I put the guitar and the worship order and words in the truck and headed to where I would be leading worship. I was going a bit fast up the oxbow hill, after all it’s a hill, and noticed a sheriff car behind me. Right behind me. Like on my tail behind me. A million thoughts went through my head, one being, I can get pulled over and still have time and not be late. And then, I have only had one ticket in 45 years of driving. I did have a few more thoughts going through as I waited for the lights to pull me over when he suddenly pulled out, passed me and as he did hit the lights. However, he wasn’t slowing down as if he expected me to pull over. He was moving out. I lost sight of him around the Next bend. I found him again in Douglass, right outside the Methodist church where I was pretty sure my aunt and Uncle were sitting. In a matter of seconds, the ambulance was coming toward me. Was it happenstance that someone passed out, ( I got the scoop from my uncle later in the day) to avoid a ticket? Probably not, but perhaps I should be a bit more cautious…my guardian angel doesn’t need to work overtime… In worship, the computer screen went white, and the PowerPoint didn’t work,so I just had them pick up a hymnal and we did the first two songs out of the book before the reboot and words appeared on the screen. Was it luck that the one song I would be singing was in the hymnal and I turned to a song that everyone knew as I picked up the book? Probably not, but as the pastor got up to speak and began talking about guardian angels it did make me think that God probably had a lot more to do with my day than I tend to give him credit for. The Wills of Psalm 91 are many and we sometimes forget that God isn’t as fickle as we are. God will deliver me, will-cover me, will be my shield, and he promises that I will not be afraid of the terrors at night nor the dangers of the day… That includes the bogey man and the imp on my shoulder that tells me something bad might happen.
So was it just luck that after lunch I ran into Savers and was looking through some kids books and found this one sitting right in front…like it wanted me to grab it? I am not sure how and why God put me where he did today, but I have the feeling he wanted me to not just read Psalm 91 but memorize and live it…
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