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Dunkirk: We Shall Never Surrender (Psalm 46:1)

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Four hundred thousand soldiers are trapped on a beach, awaiting annihilation. Naval ships are sunk by U-boats, planes by the Luftwaffe. Then the civilian boats appear—hundreds of them, crossing the Channel to rescue their army. The psalmist declares: God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Dunkirk shows how deliverance often comes: not through dramatic intervention but through ordinary people doing what must be done. The soldiers called it a miracle; Churchill called it a deliverance. Providence works through fishing boats and ferry operators, courage expressed in small decisions that together become salvation.

Topics & Themes

survivalprovidencerescuewarcouragedeliverance

Scripture References

Psalm 46:1Isaiah 43:2Exodus 14:13-14

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