Peter is scheduled to be tried and executed the very next morning and what is he doing? He isn’t praying for deliverance or writing his last will and testament. He’s sleeping like a baby.
Acts 12:6-7 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
[7] And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
God had given Peter “peace that passeth understanding”. The bars, the locks, the guards and the walls proved to be no barrier to the Lord.
When we find ourselves in prisons of despair and trials we are never alone. Our Lord promised us that He would always be with us, John 14:18.
— The Lord was in the fiery furnace before the Hebrew boys arrived, Dan. 3:25.
— The Lord was in the lions den before Daniel arrived. Dan. 6:22.
— The Lord of peace is in your trial before you arrive.
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