The Spider’s web
During one of the many Reformation
battles, a young soldier found himself and his Army being soundly defeated by
the enemy. He and his comrades hastily retreated from the battlefield in
defeat, running away in Fear of their very lives. The enemy gave chase. The
young man ran hard and fast, full of fear and desperation,
And soon found him cut off from his
comrades. The soldier eventually came upon a Rocky ledge containing a cave
Knowing the enemy was close behind, and that he was exhausted from the chase,
he Chose to hide there. After he crawled in, he fell to his face in the
darkness, desperately crying to God to save him and protect him from his
enemies. He made a bargain with God. He promised that if God saved him, he
would serve Him for the remainder of his Days.
When he looked up from his despairing
plea for help, he saw a spider beginning to weave its web at the entrance to
the cave. As he watched the delicate threads being slowly drawn across the
mouth of the cave, the young soldier pondered its irony. He thought, "I
asked God for protection and Deliverance and He sent me a spider instead. How
can a spider save me?"
His heart was hardened, knowing the
enemy would soon discover his hiding place and Kill him. Soon he did hear the
sound of his enemies, who were now scouring the area looking for those in
hiding.
One soldier with a gun slowly walked
up to the cave's entrance. As the young man Crouched in the darkness, hoping to
surprise the enemy in a last minute desperate attempt to save his own life, he
felt his heart pounding wildly out of control. As the enemy cautiously moved
forward to enter the cave, he came upon the spiders Web, which by now was
completely strung across the opening. He backed away and called out to a
comrade, "There can't be anyone in here. They would have had to break this
spider's web to enter the cave. Let's move on." Years later, this young
man, who made good his promise by? Becoming a preacher, wrote about that
ordeal. What he observed has stood by me in times of trouble, especially during
those times when everything seemed impossible:
"Where God is, a spider's web is
as a stone wall, where God is not, a stone wall is as a spider's web."
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