It caught my eye as I rode shot-gun with my son. A tiny, almost translucent, spider clung to the windshield of the passenger side. Smaller than my pinkie nail. It hung on as we went over the speed bumps and through the security gate of the apartment complex. The little thing clung tightly as we turned the corner and picked up speed. Five blocks later, it still was hanging to the glass, spreading its minuscule legs as far as it could. Asking my son to pull over so I could rescue a spider when we were running late didn’t appear to be a viable option. I sucked in my breath as we accelerated up the ramp to the highway.
Surely the spider couldn’t have the strength to hold on at 60 mph. You may think it silly, but I whispered a prayer for God’s protection.
Sure enough, as my son’s foot pressed down on the gas, the spider inched its way up window into the area where the metal meets the glass – a minute strip protected from the wind. Two exits later, when we pulled into the parking lot, the spider hopped to scamper over the roof of the car- safe and sound. Quite a journey for such a tiny creature.
Where are you on your journey? Do you feel the wind force against you? Are you trying to cling with all your might but are getting weary? It might be the time to take a chance and move closer to the protection of God even when every fiber of your being says, “Don’t let go.” What may not seem like shelter may be just the place you need to be to withstand the trek until things slow down. But it takes faith to make that step.
Something called that tiny spider to take the chance, move its legs, and scoot up into the top of the car window even as it was accelerating faster. Where is God calling you?
I cling to you; your right hand upholds me. Psalm 63:8
Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, Isaiah 32:2a
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