Read Deuteronomy 31:1–8

“But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” —1 Corinthians 15:57

While in a coffee shop in Uganda, I met a young man who had witnessed and survived (by hiding in a frigid meat freezer) the September 21, 2013, terrorist attack at Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, which resulted in sixty-seven deaths. Although he was among those who were rescued, during the horrific ordeal the man saw the face of evil as innocent people were gunned down—some at point-blank range—if they failed to convince the radical militants that they shared the same religion. As he watched people die, this young man had every reason to believe he wouldn’t make it out alive. He told me, however, that because he was confident of having been saved by grace (Ephesians 2:8–9) and that Jesus is his Savior (1 Timothy 1:1), he feared pain—but not death. I consider it a gift from God to have met this man, for he’s a living testimony that God and His Word can still our hearts and grant peace to our minds even during the most horrific situations on earth. We can cling to that confidence, which is available through Christ alone.

-Roxanne

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