No Matter What

Acts 16: 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.

I have often wondered about that scripture and tried to look at it many different ways. The truth of the matter remains though that Paul and Silas were in prison for preaching the gospel. Now my imagination runs wild.

For one I do not think that the prison they were in was fancy, no cell phone, no air-condition and indeed no running water and light. So it was infested with rats, some other creepy crawlies and it was dark and dingy.

In modern times you could imagine a broken guitar lying in the corner and the pages of the music sheets torn beyond recognition but that did not deter Paul and Silas from worshipping God and true to His Word God came down in the situation.

So often we are trapped in a situation beyond our control. The cares of this world and the impossible situations are for sure larger than rats and the creepy crawlies. The hopelessness that surrounds us is truly a dark place and the loneliness sure dingy. If we keep on complaining about our situation I am pretty sure it will not change.

Let’s be encouraged and as we wait in our dire situations come let us praise our God. Continuously with great joy let our praises resound. He will come. He is not a God who show favoritism but one that watches over His promise to perform.

Try Him, praise Him and the promise is this that He will come and deliver. When God steps into a situation darkness flees and is replaced with His light. Loneliness runs and is replaced with divine fellowship. Fetters of needs, pain, sickness and disease of every nature are broken. Bands are loosed and doors to the future open wide and the resurrection power surges into every bleak and dead situation bringing life!