Thursday – Letters

Reading – 2 Corinthians 1-2

Highlight Verse:

“In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead.”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭1‬:‭9‬ ‭NLT‬‬

The back end of my little pick-up lifted on the water streaming across the freeway and swung out to the left. I over-compensated. Now the front of the pick-up careened toward the left guardrail. The impact sent me spinning down the center of the freeway with a semi jack-knifing straight toward me.

My tires caught with me rolling backwards. I was able to safely back off onto the grass center median past the end of the guardrail.

That was the closest I ever got to thinking I might die.

That was nothing compared to the trials Paul went through. While this instance is not described here, we know that during his mission travels he was shipwrecked, beaten, whipped, and otherwise persecuted.

He was no stranger to fear.

But he also knew that fear was temporary and his security was eternal.

It is rare that we in the states have to deal with life-threatening situations.

In those cases, we do well to rely on Him the one who can raise the dead.

Have you experienced a life threatening situation?
Can you trust God to bring you through?