"...the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials..." 2 Peter 2:9

There need be no question in our minds that God can rescue godly men from their trials. Peter states plainly that God will do it. The question is, "How will the rescue take place?" God is surely at no loss for the means by which to rescue his people. We only need to look in scripture to see Him, time and again, rescuing His people from trials in a variety of ways. There many other scriptures which plainly state that He will make a way of escape for His children. We need only stand back and watch God work. Let us be careful that in doing so, we listen to His voice and obey. This passage in Peter is telling the story of Lot and the circumstances that surrounded his escape from Sodom and Gormorrah. The Lord commanded Lot and his family to flee to the mountains, but he hesitated. The Lord had made a way of escape, but for whatever reasons, known only to Lot, he did not follow the Lord’s instruction. He hesitated. Fear may have immobilized him: the passage does not say. Regardless of the reason, the angels of the Lord stepped in and moved Lot and his family out of a deadly situation. The angels literally took their hands and pulled them out of the city to their deliverance. Like Lot, and all godly men, we will find ourselves in trials. The Lord’s children are not preserved from trials and temptations, but the Lord will preserve them in those experiences and He will deliver His children out of them. That is the promise given here. Let us take hope in this promise! The deliverer of our souls is in charge and He will rescue us. We can rest assured He will not abandon us in our time of need.

Father, thank you for the assurance of your presence in our lives. Thank you for your watchcare; there is such assurance in knowing you let nothing come into our lives that is unnecessary. Help us to listen to your voice and do as you command us. Thank you for your angels of mercy who rescue us when fear and other sin in our lives immobilizes us; when we hesitate to follow you. Let us stand back and watch you work your miracles of salvation in our lives. We praise you and glorify your worthy name! Amen