Open My Eyes

SCRIPTURE
Acts 12:7-11
Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. "Quick, get up!" he said, and the chains fell off Peter's wrists. Then the angel said to him, "Put on your clothes and sandals." And Peter did so. "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me," the angel told him. Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision. They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him. Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I know without a doubt that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from Herod's clutches and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.

OBSERVATION
God sent an angel to go and rescue Peter, the angel even struck Peter and he thought he was having a vision! It wasn't until he was fully rescued that he finally "woke up" and realized the miracle that God did for him!

APPLICATION
How often do I seek the Lord asking for favor in the midst of my own "prison" and totally miss the hand of the Lord, thinking that it was something else somehow working in my life?

PRAYER
Father, thank you so much for working in our lives even when we are asleep. Lord, wake us up! Your hand is always upon us, and yet we seem to be walking around in a daze. Forgive us Lord for not realizing your miraculous works, let us be ever mindful to be aware of your greatness and your loving hand upon our lives. Thank you God for rescuing me. Amen

Valarie Kerns
Worship Team - Soprano