「有主的一個使者，站在旁邊，屋裡有光照耀。天使拍彼得的肋旁，拍醒了他，說，快快起來。那鐵鍊就從他手上脫落下來」（使徒行傳 十二章 7 節）
「約在半夜，保羅和西拉，禱告唱詩讚美神....忽然地大震動，甚至監牢的地基都動搖了。監門立刻全開，眾囚犯的鎖鍊也都鬆開了。」（使徒行傳十六章 25/26 節）
這是神的方法。神的腳步總是等到深夜最黑暗的時候，才漸臨近。我們看見，直到希律要提彼得出來處決的前一夜，天使才來救彼得出監 。掛 末底改 的木架預備好了以後，才有 亞哈隨魯王 睡不著覺的事情發生。（舊約聖經—以斯帖記）
啊，我的魂，可能在拯救臨到你以前，你還須經過最黑暗的時期；但是不要怕，神必拯救你！神可能喜歡讓你等一回，但是祂不會忘記祂的誓約，祂必要實踐祂那不可更改的應允。── 梅爾（F. B. Meyer）
神有智慧的策略對付任何困難，神有不變的信實對待信靠祂的人，神有不變的公義堅持祂的旨意，我們還怕什麼呢？藉著一個同坐監牢的囚犯，藉著一個夢，神就把約瑟從監獄裡提到王宮裡。所以信靠神的方法、神的時間，是最安穩不過的。── 戈登（S. D. Gordon）
上帝有一千把鑰匙可以開一千扇不同的門戶來拯救祂自己的孩子。所以讓我們忠忠心心地去盡我們自己的那一分──為祂受苦──基督自然會去盡祂那一分的。──麥唐納（George MacDonald）
困難是神蹟的第一期。如果是大神蹟的話，情形不僅「困難」，並且「不可能」。
上帝最喜歡祂的孩子用小手緊緊抱住祂，因此上帝常常給祂的孩子一些絕望。
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"The angel of the Lord came upon hem (Peter) and a light shined in the prison; and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off." (Acts 12:7.)
"And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God … And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and every one s bands were loosed." (Acts 16:25, 26.)
This is God s way. In the darkest hours of the night, His tread draws near across the billows. As the day of execution is breaking, the angel comes to Peter s cell. When the scaffold for Mordecai is complete, the royal sleeplessness leads to a reaction in favor of the favored race.
Ah, soul, it may have to come to the worst with thee ere thou art delivered; but thou wilt be delivered! God may keep thee waiting, but he will ever be mindful of His covenant, and will appear to fulfill His inviolable Word. --F. B. Meyer.
There s a simplicity about God in working out His plans, yet a resourcefulness equal to any difficulty, and an unswerving faithfulness to His trusting child, and an unforgetting steadiness in holding to His purpose. Through a fellow-prisoner, then a dream, He lifts Joseph from a prison to a premiership. And the length of stay in the prison prevents dizziness in the premier. It s safe to trust God s methods and to go by His clock. --S. D. Gordon.
Providence hath a thousand keys to open a thousand sundry doors for the deliverance of His own, when it is even come to a desperate case. Let us be faithful; and care for our own part which is to suffer for Him, and lay Christ s part on Himself, and leave it there. --George MacDonald.
Difficulty is the very atmosphere of miracle -- it is miracle in its first stage. If it is to be a great miracle, the condition is not difficulty but impossibility.
The clinging hand of His child makes a desperate situation a delight to Him.
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