IT’S
WHO YOU KNOW

Topics: Dependence; Help from God; Intercession; Jesus Christ; Prayer; Relationships; Trials

References: Ephesians 3:20; Philippians 4:6; 2 Timothy 4:17; 1 Peter 5:7

A motorcade carrying the security service chief of Gaza came under bullet fire from Israeli troops in the midst of the Israeli-Arab conflict in April 2001. The frightened security official called Yasser Arafat from his car for help.

Arafat, in turn, called the U.S. ambassador, who then called the U.S. secretary of state, Colin Powell. Colin Powell phoned Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, who ordered the shooting to stop. And it did. The security chief’s connections eventually saved his life.

In a similar way, Christians have a divine connection to the ultimate power of the universe that can make a world of difference in any situation.

—Kevin Short, “Connections in High Places,” PreachingToday.com