The Air-Bag

 25th September 2022

The Air-Bag

You have an air-bag in your car.  You’ve never seen it.  But they tell you, as soon as you hit something or somebody head-on, it’s going to explode.  It’s going to catch you like a down pillow.  And it will be nice.  

Have you ever seen that air-bag in your car?  Is it there? 

You don’t know.  

They tell you it is there, but you cannot see it.

You hope it is there.  

When are you going to find out?  

When you need it...

My wife found that out.  

In the early hours of one morning, on 3rd Ocober 2011, whilst driving to school on the New Pantai Expressway, she hit a styrofoam box in the middle of the road, lost control, swerved and hit into the concrete crash barrier and the car overturned!  

The air-bag exploded and cushioned her from hitting the windscreen or the steering wheel.  

Praise God it worked! The air-bag actually worked! 

Thank God that at that particular moment, there were no fast on-coming vehicles.  It would have been disastrous if there were.

My wife crawled out safely from the overturned car with hardly a scratch on her.  It was nothing short of a miracle!  Praise God for His protection!  He is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble (Psalm 46:1)

What can we learn from this incident?  

Our God is just like that air-bag.  You cannot see Him with your physical eyes.  But you know that when you need Him, He is going to be there. 

He will come through for you when you find yourself in a position demanding that necessity of a divine intervention.  

You can depend on Him to ...