Acts 12: The Night Before
Consider: Acts 12
Here we find Peter being imprisoned by King Herod Agrippa. Herod had just executed James (the brother of John) and was going for more.
In the mean time, we find the church earnestly praying for the release of Peter (vs. 5).
They hadn’t given up even though they just lost James. Talk about faith and trust in the LORD who doesn’t always work the way we think He should.
Check out what happens in verse 6-7:
“The night before Peter was to be placed on trial, he was asleep, fastened with two chains between two soldiers. Others stood guard at the prison gate. Suddenly, there was a bright light in the cell, and an angel of the LORD stood before Peter…”
We don’t know how long Peter was in prison, but we do know that the LORD was right on time… as if He could be late. The LORD is *never* late… because He is God. From our perspective He often seems to “come through” right at the last minute, but for Him He moves right when He wants to.
To us it seems like “the night before” or “suddenly” but He’s had these moments planned and has it all under control.
We should rest in the fact that He is on the throne and has our lives in His hands and when He chooses to will release the suddenlies we need to make it through.
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