For 5 years, I have bicycled to work before sunup (4:45 AM). I pray while getting ready to leave, thanking God for His provision and mercy, and I pray again after exiting the house and mounting my bike. I ask for God’s hand of grace over me, that He send His holy angels and earthly agents to surround and protect me, and that He will be my eyes and ears and lead me safely to work. He always has.
Occasionally there are some questionable pedestrians out at 4:45 AM, moving slowly, seemingly without intent. Those types of people concern me, but I go again in prayer asking for God’s protection and believe He is present with me, and immediately the people move OUT of my way. It is as if something compels them away, like a cat being captivated by a mouse-on-a-string.
Most recently, during a morning hike ride to work, I saw a person ahead of me roughly throwing around a wheeled chair, like an office chair. This happened on a main street where there were no office buildings and everything was closed because it was 4:45 AM. It was so weird and the person had a lot of strength to be able to thrust a large chair so effortlessly this way and that way, across the bumpy asphalt. I prayed and God led that person to cross the street, while continuing to shove the chair around, with his back toward me, completely unaware of my presence.
Last week, a guy threw his backside up against the wall of a concrete bridge to let me pass, as if someone had forcefully shoved him out of my way. There was plenty of room for both of us and no reason for him to be so aggressive towards himself. It made me wonder what I looked like to him, if perhaps God had changed my appearance to look large and foreboding to him, rather than a petite woman.
Many, many times I know God has cloaked me. Even during the daytime, I have been out just walking to the store and approached by people who were mentally unstable, screaming obscenities and trying to provoke me, but I immediately went to God in prayer, and these people lost all interest in me. One person began to look all over as if they could no longer see me, then slowly walked away.
Occasionally, I’ll come across people who seem very aggressive and dangerous in their core, and an alarm bell will go off, and this miraculously ONLY HAPPENS when I am passing by a restaurant with the option to detour through the restaurant parking-lot. I’ll feel a nudge from God telling me to turn left or right, deviating from my regular routine, and I’ll know He was protecting me.
I pray again for protection before leaving work. I must pass a very dangerous intersection on my way home, and God has always provided a safe path for me.
Instead of living in fear, I live in prayer; God is the greatest weapon I have.
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