An Angel to the Rescue!

“But that night an angel from the Lord opened the doors of the jail and led the apostles out!”

Acts 5:19

When a rescue team goes out to find someone lost in the woods it is usually because the person who is lost disobeyed at least one of the rules. If you are going to be alone in a wilderness area there are a number of common sense guidelines you must not ignore.

Before you go it alone in any wilderness prepare yourself with the “things to remember” to keep yourself from being lost.

But many times each year people are lost in wilderness areas and rescue teams are dispatched to bring them back. The fortunate are found, but some of course are not.

But what about needing to be rescued when you have done everything right? That is what happened to the apostles of Jesus in Jerusalem. They were telling everybody about Jesus just as He had told them to do and for that they were thrown in jail.

So God dispatched a rescue team, in the form of an angel who opened the doors of the jail and led them out. The angel told them to go back to the temple and start once again telling everyone about Jesus, which they did even before the sun came up.

Everyone will need to be rescued. But we have the choice to be rescued for doing the right thing or rescued from the consequences of doing the wrong thing. God rescues people who turn their hearts to Him.

Almost forty years ago I heard a man say: God rescues some believers from the mouths of lions, and God rescues other believers by the mouths of lions, but they all are rescued!