True Safety

When we arrived in Zambia, several years ago, we were encouraged to get dogs for security reasons. We also had night guards to watch our home as we slept. The past two years, we realized that the need for a night guard was not as important because of the security we found in having three dogs on the property. This past weekend, we made a trip to the capital city. Each time we are gone we leave a guard on the property at all times. Upon our return home, our night guard informed us of a situation that took place on Saturday night at our home.

The time was midnight and there was a knock at our gate. This seemed quite unusual considering no one knocks that late at night for any reason. Our guard walked around the property and approached the gate from the side. He saw two men dressed in dark clothing. The men told him to come outside the gate because they wanted to know where Auntie Ollie lived. (Everyone who lives in Nyimba knows her house.) Our guard found this odd. The two men then told our guard again to come close to the small opening in the gate or to come outside. He denied and began to ask them their names and they continued to taunt him telling him to come outside the gate. Thankfully, the guard never went outside and after a long conversation the men left our home.

 

After he told us the story of what had happened, we knew that this had shaken him up. We talked with him and told him that he did the right thing by not exiting the gate. There is no telling what those two men could have done to him or if they had entered our property. Kendall and I were more aware of the fact that we are being watched and people know when we are gone. We have always put our trust in the fact that our dogs are protection, BUT more importantly we have always prayed each night over our home and that the Lord would protect our home. We were never that vigilent about praying over our home when we lived in America, but we know the evil and thieves that roam at night and our true protection is found in the Lord alone. We cannot trust dogs or guards, our true safety is in the Lord. David says it beautifully in Psalm 4:8 "In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for YOU ALONE, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety." Recognizing that the Lord is our only true protector from harm is one of the many lessons that we have learned during our time living in Zambia. We cannot wait to see the Lord face to face and possibly know the many times that HE ALONE was our protection and safety. He is with us no matter where we are in the world and we should rely upon Him in all things!