A Christian baker lived in times when people were persecuted and hunted because they were followers of the Lord Jesus and loved the Bible. Soldiers were sent out to round up those who faithfully confessed the Saviour’s name and to put them in prison.
One day the baker learned that a band of wicked men were on their way to take him. He saw them coming down the road. The only hiding place he could think of was his big oven where he baked his bread. Quickly he climbed in and closed the oven door. It may not have proved such a safe hiding place after all, but God was watching over this dear man, and used one of His tiny creatures to ensure his protection. A little spider began to spin a web over the oven door.
The soldiers came and searched the house, but they could not find the baker. They came to the big oven and would have looked inside, but one of them said, “Oh no, he’s not in there. See there’s a spider’s web in front of the door.”
So they passed by the oven without opening it and went their way. The baker’s life was saved! God had used one of His little spiders to save the dear man’s life.
ML-03/19/1978