It was almost bedtime. Daddy was away from home on a business trip, and Mother was reading a Bible story to her children. Little Andy listened carefully to the story of Daniel. Mother read how he was thrown into the lions’ den and how God had shut the lions’ mouths so they could not bite him.
A little later as Andy knelt beside his bed praying, his mother heard him say, “And don’t let anything bite Daddy.”
No doubt Andy knew that God, who had kept Daniel from harm, could take care of his daddy, too. And he was right.
In this same simple way shouldn’t each of us be asking God to keep us and those we love from harm and from sin? The Bible tells us God does hear our prayers and cries, and He promises to help those who trust in Him.
ML-09/11/1983