Question: A Christian has two routes to work. One day he decides to take the back way for no apparent reason. Upon arrival, he discovers a fatal accident at the time and place he would have exited the freeway along his normal route. He determines his decision to be God’s intervention. Was it? What about non‑believers who occasionally take back roads and avoid accidents? Is God intervening in their lives, too?

Answer: Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry asked his criminal, “Do you feel lucky?” Luck has nothing to do with the believer’s life. The lost may feel lucky, but a believer is blessed. If you recall, it wasn’t that criminal’s lucky day anyway. Luck runs out, but I believe God is merciful to intervene even in unbelievers lives, in order to get their focus on Him.

As the people of Israel wandered in circles for forty years on their way to the Promised Land, God protected, guided and provided for them. Foreigners and aliens in the camp could see the pillar of fire and cloud that led them. They also ate manna and manna‑flakes. Perhaps it was God’s mercy to reveal Himself to these sojourners as they traveled alongside Israel. It could also be God’s intervention of mercy in the life of the unbeliever as he takes a different route to work, only to discover a fatal accident was avoided. God works in multiple ways when it comes to choosing Jesus.

A person barely missing a fatal accident may reconsider the life he has been living when he realizes it could have been ended just moments ago. Since God desires that all would be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth, I believe He intervenes in the lives of all quite often. Unfortunately, not everyone is paying attention.

During the flood, a farmer was praying on his roof for God’s intervention as the water continued to rise. When rescuers in a helicopter and two boats offered assistance, he declared he was praying and waiting for God to save him. After he died he complained to the Lord for not saving him, but Jesus replied, “I sent two boats and a helicopter. What more did you want?”

No one will ever be able to say, “God never intervened in my life.” In this fallen world God may be speaking to you through miracles, someone at work, a classmate, a family member, someone at the store, your hairdresser, or even through a tragedy. Listen up because luck runs out, but Jesus never fails. We do.

Let me close by saying that Christians do die in car wrecks; but they’re indestructible until God is finished using them for His glory.

Romans 1:19‑21

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