Your Deliverance shall be like Seeing a Vision

Baptist Daily Devotional
Jul 9
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Rev. Tse Amable | July 9 2025 | Acts 12:6-10

KEY VERSE: “Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; HE THOUGHT HE WAS SEEING A VISION.” Acts 12:9 (NIV)

MESSAGE:

One amazing truth about the Lord God is that he is a "GOD OF GREAT SURPRISES". By this, we see God's incredible actions and interventions in the world and in people's lives. Our key verse for today bears testimony to that truth. Although Apostle Peter believed and expected God’s deliverance just as He did earlier, the way the Lord did it on this second occasion was a “great surprise” to him. The Bible says he followed the angel who brought him out of the prison without the slightest idea of what was happening and thought he was seeing a vision. He could not believe his own eyes but thought it to be a mere vision or a delusion of his own fantasy.

The psalmist sang in Psalms 126 of a time when God set His people free from their captivity, and they were restored to Jerusalem (Zion). The opening lines in the psalm read, “When the LORD brought back the captives to Zion, WE WERE LIKE MEN WHO DREAMED. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy” (Psalms 126:1-2). The people were aware of the promises of restoration, but when the actual moment of restoration arrived, it was an overwhelming experience. They were like those ‘WHO DREAMED.’ It all happened too quickly and seemed like a mirage.

That will be your own testimony when the Lord visits you to deliver you from the hardships you are currently going through. It will be like watching a movie, seeing a vision, or having a dream. Your God can do that for you because he is a “GOD OF GREAT SURPRISES”.

FEET AND HANDS FOR THE MESSAGE:

Do you believe that nothing is too difficult for the Lord to do? If you have ever experienced a divine intervention that seemed like a dream or a vision, share this testimony with your Christian friends. It will boost their faith in the Lord and bring them to the point where they can expect such unpredictable and incredible interventions.

PRAYER:

Lord, I thank you that you are able to do what is impossible for human beings. I pray for anybody who is in a very precarious and hopeless situation (e.g. health, financial, employment, etc.). May you intervene to solve that issue in a way that it will look like a vision or a dream. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSING.

SHOWERS! BLESSINGS!!

The 365 DAILY BIBLE READING Day 190: 2 Samuel 24 — David’s Census and the Plague

DAILY word study: VISION The word “vision” in Acts 12:9 comes from the Greek word horama (ὅραμα), which refers to “that which is seen” or “a supernatural sight.” It often indicates something seen by divine revelation or in a trance-like experience.

Peter thought his escape was a horama—a spiritual encounter beyond physical reality. This illustrates the surreal nature of God’s intervention. It was so miraculous that Peter couldn’t immediately tell if it was real or a spiritual experience. The term "horama" is used in other New Testament accounts to describe moments when God reveals something beyond human expectation, such as Paul’s vision of the man from Macedonia (Acts 16:9).

Reflect on this:

God can move so suddenly that it feels unreal, like a dream breaking every limit.