Robbed and Threatened, but Safe in His Hands.

 

I just read that the January World Race squad was robbed at gunpoint two days ago at a hostel in Johannesburg, South Africa. Four or five men armed with pistols entered the hostel where twelve members of the team were staying, and forced them to lay on the ground on their faces. The whole ordeal lasted nearly twenty hectic minutes, while guns were pointed at people and threats were made. Cameras, computers, money, passports, and even clothes were stolen. God, however, never left the team. His hand was over each of His children throughout the entire ordeal. Not a single person was injured. Jesus made a beautiful promise to us, “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand” (John 10:27-29).