We have all come across the story of Peter's miraculous escape in Acts chapter 12, but if you haven't, heres a sumarised version. Herod killed James the brother of John and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he continued to seize Peter. He was scheduled to be killed when on that night before the morning of his death, an Angel came to his aid.
Now the point of this story is not how he escaped,that has already been handled, but why God choose to deliver Peter instead of James.
Perhaps you've read these stories and wonder why God does that. Well, let me tell you. It is because our God is a Sovereign God. And he made the choices he did regarding James and Peter, in those particular situations, because he was reigning over every circumstance of their lives.
God does not miss the details of your life. Nothing gets past him. He is reigning over the circumstances of your life.
God is Sovereign when your prayers are answered swiftly, and when they aren't. He is Sovereign through every stormy trial, when you suffer an injustice, and when you must walk through the valley of the shadow of death.
God chooses who to have Mercy and Compassion on. James' death was to Glorify God, and Peter's deliverance was to glorify God also.
Whatever happens in our lives, take it up to God. Even if you don't understand what he is trying to do, even if it hurts or brings you pain, trust in him and his ways. For his ways are not the ways of man. He does not ask wisdom fron any man... He is the King above all the earth! No man can question his authority! He is GOD! And he's got your back!
