26 Guards
Here’s a message that will bring you chills. Have you ever felt
the urge to pray for someone and then just put it on a list and said, “I’ll
pray for them later?” Or has anyone ever called you and said, “I need you to
pray for me, I have this need?”
Read the following story that was sent to me and may it change
the way that you may think about prayer and also the way you pray. You will
be blessed by this.
A missionary on furlough told this true story while visiting his
home church in Michigan. “While serving at a small field hospital in Africa
ca, every two weeks I traveled by bicycle through the jungle to a nearby
city for supplies. This was a journey of two days and required camping
overnight at the halfway point. On one of these journeys, I arrived in the
city where I planned to collect money from a bank, purchase medicine, and
supplies, and then begin my two-day journey back to the field hospital.
Upon arrival in the city, I observed two men fighting, one of
whom had been seriously injured. I treated him for his injuries and at the
same time talked to him about the Lord. I then traveled two days, camping
overnight, and arrived home without incident. Two weeks later I repeated my
journey.
Upon arriving in the city, I was approached by the young man I
had treated. He told me that he had known I carried money and medicines. He
said, ‘Some friends and I followed you into the jungle, knowing you would
camp overnight. We planned to kill you and take your money and drugs. But
just as we were about to move into your camp, we saw that you were
surrounded by 26 armed guards.
At this, I laughed and said that I was certainly all alone in
that jungle campsite. The young man pressed the point, however, and said,
‘No, sir, I was not the only person to see the guards, my friends also saw
them, and we all counted them. It was because of those guards that we were
afraid and left you alone.
At this point in the sermon, one of the men in the congregation
jumped to his feet and interrupted the missionary and asked if he could tell
him the exact day this happened.
The missionary told the congregation the date, and the man who
interrupted told him this story:
“On the night of your incident in Africa, it was morning here and
I was preparing to go play golf. I was about to putt when I felt the urge to
pray for you. In fact, the urging of the Lord was so strong, I called men in
this church to meet with me here in the sanctuary to pray for you. Would
all of those men who met with me on that day stand up?” The men who had met
together to pray that day stood up. The missionary wasn’t concerned with who
they were, he was too busy counting how many men he saw. There were 26.
This story is an incredible example of how the Spirit of the Lord
moves in mysterious ways. If you ever hear such prodding, go along with it.
Nothing is ever hurt by prayer except the gates of hell. I encourage you
to forward this to as many people, as you know. If we all take it to
heart, we can turn this world toward God once again. As the above true story
clearly illustrates, “with God all things are possible.” More importantly,
how God hears and answers the prayers of the faithful.
After you read this, please pass it on and give God thanks for
the beautiful gift of your faith, for the powerful gift of prayer, and for
the many miracles He works in your own daily life… and then pass it on.
Who says God does not work in mysterious ways?
Tonya Vollertsen
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