The only safe place

The only safe place

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I have heard and read about car hijacking incidents a number of time but I never imagined myself being at the scene of one. But it happened to me recently when I was about picking my daughter at a holiday club in a very quiet suburb of Durban. After parking, another parent parked beside my car. That fateful Thursday afternoon, I delayed in disembarking because I was trying to get the exact money to pay the organizer of the club. But as I was about disembarking, I looked at the rear-view mirror and saw the man that had parked beside me with two men with guns. His hands were raised up. I knew what was happening. In a spit of a second, I decided to ‘run’ for my life. I started my car, changed to reverse, then I saw another robber pointing a gun at me from the passenger side; I moved anyway. Thank God he didn’t shoot at me. Later that day, the organizer of the club shared with me the crime moments caught on CCTV Camera. In it, I saw that I bumped into the car the armed robbers’ used to rob when I reversed; the robbers successfully hijacked the car that was packed beside mine. In fact, the robber that pointed the guy at me from passenger side was the one that drove the stolen car away. I also saw that in the CCTV Camera that another robber wanted to shoot at me but didn’t. God saved me that day. Indeed, no weapon fashioned against us will prosper in Jesus name for the Lord will order His angels to protect us where ever we go. The incident also reminded me that safety is not the absence of danger but the presence of God. His presence may make you to be delayed like in my case so that you can be protected from harm. His presence may also make you to move instead of waiting. It is in His presence that we have absolute safety not in any other place.

Tosin 'Badeniyi, PhD

Tosin 'Badeniyi, PhD

Tosin ‘Badeniyi, a Professor at the Department of Biotechnology and Food Science at Durban University of Technology, South Africa, holds a doctoral degree in Food Science from University of Pretoria South Africa. Since 2001, he has conducted research and lectured internationally in the area of food quality and safety. He is the editor of Food Science and Technology: Trends and Future Prospects and has published numerous scientific publications as well as four inspirational books.

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