Rescued

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
RESCUED
Prov 11:8
8 The righteous man is rescued from trouble,
and it comes on the wicked instead.
NIV
I wish not trouble on any person, but I think this is not my choice. I think of how the Israelites being in so much peril trapped by the Red Sea and the wicked army of pharaoh. God rescued his people and allowed them to cross over, but the peril of rhe Red Sea brought the Pharaoh and his army to their doom. I wonder if throughout my life there have been situations similar in nature which has occurred where I was not even aware. Have some people who tried to cause me trouble been tripped up by God and then received that same trouble themselves? I know I have been rescued many times by God in situations which would have been very troublesome. He has brought me through or rather out of situations where I would have been in deep trouble. But I cannot think of how others were troubled in my stead. Maybe I am not supposed to. Maybe God whisks me away and does not allow me to see backwards so I do not feel badly about what comes upon someone. Whatever he decides is the right thing anyway and all I need to really be concerned about is his power and his love in rescuing me. Now, could I expect the same treatment if the troubles headed my way is of my own doing, rather than from the hands of others? Who then does the troubles come upon if I am rescued? Maybe in this case, no one, but then maybe, just maybe, even if my actions are the reason for the troubles, they still might be caused by the wicked in some way. Was I influenced by some wicked scheme? Was I deceived in some way? Did I allow myself to get trapped by their suggestive ways? That is the entire world and all that is it in some sense. Still the fact remains, my Lord still rescues me from it all. What more could I ever need then to be rescued?