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In reviewing the events of the first few years of the Revolutionary War, George Washington wrote in 1778: “The hand of Providence has been so conspicuous in all of this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations.”
Washington Dodges Bullets
George Washington had more lives than a cat. The man survived smallpox as a child, encountered a Native American war party during one of his early surveying trips, sat in a sniper’s crosshairs, survived a series of campaigns that killed a third of his men and somehow survived the entire Revolutionary War despite lack of supplies and his position as arguably the most wanted man alive. Nothing, however, proves that God had a fondness for Washington more than the Battle of Monongahela. During this battle in the French and Indian War, General Edward Braddock and his troops were surrounded and attacked. Two thirds of the British forces were killed including General Braddock. Washington entered the battle with severe headaches and a running fever and had two horses shot out from under him, four bullets put through his coat and his hat shot off his head. Never say God does not have favorites.
Sudden Surge of Fog
The Battle of Long Island could have been the end of the American Revolution. The British had all but defeated the Continental Army but decided to hold off on a final assault until British ships had cut off any potential American retreat across the river. While the British waited, Washington decided to attempt an evacuation. He had a single night to get 9,000 men to safety under the Redcoats’ noses. Boats made multiple trips across the river hauling men and horses. When the sun rose, however, a large portion of the American forces were still left in Brooklyn. The British, however, would never manage to capture those men as a heavy fog suddenly descended over the area. It lasted just long enough for Washington and his men to make their escape. In fact, the fog, for some inexplicable reason, left New York perfectly clear. In short, the fog somehow hid the Americans without touching anything else in the area.
The American evacuation was not managed in complete secrecy, but another impossible coincidence saved the Continental Army. When a Loyalist sent her servant to warn the British that the Americans were escaping, the messenger was detained overnight by Hessian troops who did not speak English. As for those British ships that were supposed to cut off the American’s escape route in the first place? They did not have enough wind to reach Long Island in time.
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I love these stories. God’s hand was with us at one time. I pray that we again see the hand of God on our nation to turn things around from the direction we’ve been heading. 7.genie
“Answer me, LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.” 1 Kings 18:37