When crisis strikes, where do you instinctively turn for help and hope?
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In today's Battle Drill Daily Devotional, we explore a powerful reminder through the 2024 Hastings water crisis, where 35,000 people discovered that help was often closer than they thought. When a burst water main left residents without running water for six days, something beautiful emerged - neighbours who'd never spoken became lifelines, and community support activated with remarkable efficiency.
Drawing from Acts 17:27, we discover that God's closeness doesn't always look like dramatic intervention. Sometimes it's the neighbour bringing bottled water, the friend texting at exactly the right moment, or the stranger offering practical help. We often mistakenly assume God's nearness should be measurable by our feelings, yet his presence transcends our ability to sense it.
This episode reveals how crisis can become an opportunity for deeper spiritual awareness, stripping away superficial concerns to reveal what truly matters. Through practical insights and biblical wisdom, we explore how God draws near through the compassionate actions of people who become his hands and feet in our situations - just as Jesus ministered through physical, tangible presence during his earthly ministry.
Scripture: "His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him - though he is not far from any one of us" (Acts 17:27 NLT).
Call to Action: Don't just look up for God's presence - look around. Pay attention today to how God might be drawing near through people, and consider how you might be his nearness to someone else.
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