There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

becomes deathly sick, and to avoid the sickness from spreading to the camp of the Amalekite army, the Amalekites dump the sick boy in a field! All the time that David was out of God’s will linking up with Israel’s enemies, and during the moments that Ziklag was being burned and the wives and kids captured, the Lord is allowing one Egyptian servant, owned by the invaders, to become so sick that he gets thrown by the wayside. God was actually setting up David for a victorious outcome—three days before David ever knew that Ziklag was under attack! The provision for deliverance reminds me of when Abraham was walking Isaac up one side of Mount Moriah, preparing to lay him as a sacrifice on the altar, and a ram was walking up the other side , catching its horns in thick bushes, becoming the replacement for Isaac on the altar. (See Genesis 22.) In another narrative Christ knew taxes were due, and He needed additional income. He told Peter to go fishing and he would find a piece of money (coin) in a fish’s mouth to pay His and Peter’s taxes (Matt. 17:27). Before the taxwas even due, a lone fish saw a shiny object, thinking it was a minnow, and while swallowing its “meal,” it instead swallowed money. At times you may believe that you are at wits’ end and feel that God has bypassed you for a more urgent petition or a needier person. Perhaps He has “too many children” to take care of and is “too busy for you.” However, just as the examples above indicate, God prepares a good outcome before the situation arises; He is not surprised at the trouble and at your reaction to it, and He can and is planning a way of escape before you ever get into the crisis.