CHURCH: A PLACE OF SAFETY!

CHURCH: A PLACE OF SAFETY!

Ps 27:5

5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

Prov 29:25

25 … whoso putteth his trust in the Lord  shall be safe.

          Tornadoes ripped through Washington, Illinois a few days ago destroying as many as 500 homes. Daniel Bennett was officiating Sunday services where between 600 and 700 people were gathered. When the tornado sirens began to scream, Bennett ushered the congregation into a safe place until the threat had passed. On Monday there was speculation that the reason for the relatively low death toll was that many families were in church.

          “I don’t think we had one church damaged,” said Gary Manier, mayor of Washington, Ill., a community of 16,000 about 140 miles southwest of Chicago.  (Source: Wichita Falls, Texas Times Record News, November 19, 2013)

          The above story either describes another strange tornado coincidence or the protection of God. Like most of God’s actions we are given the choice of either belief or unbelief. One thing, however, can’t be denied by the people of Washington, Illinois and that is that church is a really safe place to be.

Amazing Grace

Through many dangers, toils and snares

I have already come.

‘Tis grace that brought me safe thus far

And grace will lead me home.

Dear Lord, hide us in the safety of your pavilion. Protect us in your tabernacle today. AMEN