Devotion for the Week of May 20, 2013 - GOD’S HAND IN A DAY WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY

GOD’S HAND IN A DAY WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY

Luke 12:7, “But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.”  

December 7, 1941 was a day that will live in infamy.  The attack on Pearl Harbor marked the beginning of the United States involvement in World War II.  Japanese planes attacked our forces, destroyed many of our ships and airplanes, and killed over 2400 of our military personnel.  In the midst of all of this destruction and suffering, we still can see the hand of God.

One of the goals of the Japanese attack was to cripple our navy in order to gain control of the Pacific.  However, all of our aircraft carriers had left the night before to practice maneuvers to remain battle ready.  The attack did not cripple our Navy at all, God allowed us to keep the most important part of our defense.  Some suggest that because we had broken the Japanese code, we knew they were coming so that is why we moved our aircraft carriers out of harm’s way.  The bottom line is that they were spared, and America was spared also.

Another example of God’s hand of in World War II was seen during the battle of Midway.  The Battle of Midway was the turning point in the battle of the Pacific.  If Japan won, than the United States would have been helpless to stop their conquest of the Pacific islands.  The Japanese had the advantage in numbers of ships and planes.  The only advantage held by the Americans was the element of surprise. 

The Japanese sent out planes to find out the location of our aircraft carriers.  One of the Japanese planes spotted the American carriers, but when they went to radio the location, their radio went dead.  The Americans were able to take the Japanese by complete surprise, and were able to change the course of the war.

Was is just luck, or was the God of the airwaves working His will at a key moment of history.  I tend to believe that God wanted America to help the forces of freedom defeat that dictatorship, in order for His Word to be able to continue being spread across the world.  When the war was over General Douglas McArthur called for hundreds of Christian missionaries to evangelize Japan.

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