At that moment he heard the men approaching the trail where he was hiding and saw that at the entrance of the trail a tiny spider appeared. The spider began to weave a web at the entrance of the trail. The man began to make another prayer, increasingly distressed:
- “Lord, I asked you for angels, not a spider.”
- “Lord, please, with your mighty hand place a strong wall at the entrance of this trail, so that the men cannot enter and kill me…”
He opened his eyes hoping to see a wall blocking the entrance and saw only the spider weaving the web. The evildoers were entering the trail, in which he found himself awaiting only death. When they passed in front of the trail the man heard:
- “Come on, let us enter this trail!”
- “No, do you not see that there is even a spider web? Nothing has entered here. Let us continue searching in the next trails…”
Faith is believing in what you cannot see, it is persevering in the face of the impossible. Sometimes we ask for walls to feel secure, but God asks us to have confidence in Him to let His glory manifest and do something like a web, which gives us the same protection as a wall.
(Author unknown)
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