The Deliverance of God
“…and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry and, and the waters were divided” Ex. 14:21b
“And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.” Ex. 14:31
The children of Israel were hemmed in by the Egyptian army on one side and the Red Sea on the other. It seemed to them impossible to escape, and fear reigned in their heart though they had just seen the great miracles by which God had delivered them from Israel.
We had a couple local meetings in the area which we were able to travel to in our van. Our RV was parked at Woodlawn and were adjusting to a new lifestyle. At the end of July we had meetings scheduled in NJ, so we were going to be traveling in it for the first time. We were so excited about our first “adventure”. We packed up the RV and we were going to go by Chad’s mom’s house to take "real" showers before we left. On the way to Lisa’s, the RV began to smell like something was burning. I got the kids going with their showers and Chad was out trying to figure out what was wrong. After a while he came in and said he thought the brakes were just sticking from lack of use. He said there was a free pump-out on 95 just 15 min. away. He said we’ll drive there and pump-out and if there is a problem that will be a good place to head home from. So we held our breath and drove out there. Everything seemed fine, so we kept driving. We had a 3 hour drive to the church we were going to be parking at. After we’d been driving for about 30 minutes the smell returned and an intense fear came over me like we were going to die. I felt like Satan was trying to kill us right then. I didn’t say anything to Chad, I just got up and went to the bedroom to pray. I got on my knees and begged God for our lives. I was shaking and cringing in fear as if death was around the corner. I knew that Satan was not pleased that we wanted to go to the northern DR to spread the gospel. I knew that Satan would kill us if he could. I prayed for God’s protection. It seemed to me that we had reached an impenetrable wall of difficulty. I wasn’t sure what was making that burning smell. I feared that the RV could explode since we were driving with a full tank of propane and I didn’t know if we were on fire. I’m not sure how long I prayed, but I prayed until the fear lifted. I still was a little worried, but I didn’t feel that intense desire to pray. I texted some close friends and asked them to pray for us. We finally arrived to the church and got hooked up. Afterwards Chad came to me and said that he thought the brakes were going out. He said the brakes were going to the floor while we drove but he didn’t want to tell me.
A week later we had to drive back home and the brakes were smoking awful. The burning smell was so strong, we kept looking out the window to see if something was on fire. Chad said it seemed like the brakes were stuck and wouldn’t let go. Chad called our church's mechanic and asked him to please meet us at church. Though I didn’t have the same sense of fear as I did on the drive up, we still prayed the whole way home. When we got to church the mechanic was there. When he pulled the tires off the calipers and brakes just fell off! The mechanic looked at us in utter disbelief and said, “How in the world are you still alive? You’ve been driving without any brakes at all!” I ran nside the RV, feeling so shaken by the danger that we were just in and overwhelmed by God’s protection of our family. I prayed and thanked God for the miracle. Yes, Satan would have liked to have killed us before we ever got to the field, but our Mighty God intervened on our behalf.
We serve a mighty God who is able to protect us from any danger that Satan may bring our way. We need only to give ourselves to prayer and trust Him.
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