Prison

Prison. At this exact moment in time while you are reading this post, whenever that is, God is in prison. Does that shock you?  If God is omnipresent, which He is, He is in all places at all times which means that right now He is behind bars. Ever think of it that way?  In the worst of places that we can think of, God is there.

Do you believe that there are Christians today that are in prison?  There are!  Here in the United States and elsewhere around the world. In some countries Christians are put in prison because of their faith. They have not broken any laws other than following Christ and now their lives consist of confinement. There are men and women in the United States that may not have went into prison as a Christian but found Christ while they were incarcerated and will come out as a Christian.

Is there any Biblical evidence that God is in prison?  I think if we asked Paul and Silas, they would certainly say God was in that prison in Philippi on that night they were there. The story is found in Acts 16. Paul and Silas removed an evil spirit from a slave girl that was making her owner quite a living by fortune telling in the city. Because they did this, they were arrested, beaten and thrown in prison. “And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely.
Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.” - Acts 16:23-24.

That evening God showed up!  While being in chains, Paul and Silas starting praying and singing hymns of praise to God and when the time was right God caused an earthquake to bust open the prison door and remove the shackles. “About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened.” - Acts 16:25-26. God showed up to prove to the people of Philippi that He was real and that Paul and Silas were His messengers. It turned the life of the Philippian jailer and his family upside down.

There isn’t anywhere that we can go that God is not with us. There are times in our lives when we may feel that God doesn’t know what we are doing, but He does. There may be times when we may feel that God doesn’t see us, but He does. No matter your situation, God sees you and when you praise Him even in that situation, He will show up!  Ask Paul and Silas.

Have a great day and God bless.