SUBMIT TO THE LORD

Tuesday – March 22, 2022

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“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” – James 4:7

In July 2021, a cache of illegal fireworks seized in the Historic South-Central neighborhood of South L.A. exploded ripped apart a Los Angeles Police Department vehicle and injured 17 people, including 10 police officers.

The massive blast shook the 700 block of East 27th Street around 7:30 p.m. after police had spent hours confiscating some 5,000 pounds of fireworks from a residence.

Some of the devices had been loaded into an armored container on a police tractor-trailer, where police had decided to detonate them “in a controlled manner,” according to LAPD Lt. Raul Jovel.

A senior LA Bomb technician had warned that overloading the armored container with fireworks would lead to disaster. He recommended breaking up the cache into smaller portions, but his warnings were ignored.

After the disaster of 2004, Smith was lionized for his foresight and appointed a vice minister and put him in charge of the newly established National Disaster Warning Office.

The Lord wants us to listen to His warnings and to submit to Him. Today in prayer, submit your heart to the Lord and make His will your will.

“Our satisfaction lies in submission to the divine embrace.” – Jan Van Ruysbroeck

God’s Word: “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.” – 1 Peter 5:6