「有主的一位使者站在旁邊，囚室裡有光照耀；天使拍彼得的肋旁，叫醒了他，說，快快起來。那鐵鍊就從他手上脫落下來。」－使徒行傳12:7
「約在半夜，保羅和西拉禱告唱詩讚美神，…忽然地大震動，甚至監牢的地基都搖動了，監門立刻全開，眾囚犯的鎖鍊也都鬆開了。」－使徒行傳16:25-26
天使來到彼得牢房時，正是處決的那天清晨；末底改的十架雖預備好了，亞哈隨魯王卻無法闔眼休息，除非他向神的選民施恩。
靈魂啊，你需要親自步履過黑暗的路程，你才能得釋放！神或許會讓你等待，但祂不會忘記與你定下的盟約，祂終究必定實現祂的承諾。
－邁爾
神工作的法則有種單一純淨的特質；祂用祂無窮的智慧應付各樣問題，祂以祂不變的信實對待一切信靠祂的人，祂以祂堅定的恆守執行祂的旨意。
藉著一個同坐監的囚犯，和一個幼年作過的夢，神使約瑟一夕間從囚徒躍升為宰相。因著長時間獄中的淬鍊，使約瑟能神色從容地面對宰相的職務。
如此照著神所安排的方式和時間表而生活，實在是安適穩妥！
－戈登
"The angel of the Lord came upon him Peter. and a light shined in the prison; and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off" (Acts 12:7)."And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God. . . . And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and every one's bands were loosed" (Acts 16:25, 26).
This is God's way. In the darkest hours of the night, His tread draws near across the billows. As the day of execution is breaking, the angel comes to Peter's cell. When the scaffold for Mordecai is complete, the royal sleeplessness leads to a reaction in favor of the favored race.
Ah, soul, it may have to come to the worst with thee ere thou art delivered; but thou wilt be delivered! God may keep thee waiting, but he will ever be mindful of His covenant, and will appear to fulfill His inviolable Word. --F. B. Meyer
There's a simplicity about God in working out His plans, yet a resourcefulness equal to any difficulty, and an unswerving faithfulness to His trusting child, and an unforgetting steadiness in holding to His purpose. Through a fellow-prisoner, then a dream, He lifts Joseph from a prison to a premiership. And the length of stay in the prison prevents dizziness in the premier. It's safe to trust God's methods and to go by His clock. --S. D. Gordon
