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GO
D’S PROVISION AND
PROTECTION
A missionary was
serving as a medic at a small field hospital
in Africa. Periodically he had to travel by
bicycle through the jungle to a nearby city
for supplies. It was a two-day trip so he
had to camp out overnight. He had made this
trip several times without incident. One day
however, he arrived at his destination and
saw two men fighting. One was seriously
hurt, so he treated him and witnessed to him
and went about his business.
Upon arriving in the city several weeks
later, he was approached by the man he had
treated earlier. "I know you carry money and
medicine," said the man to the missionary.
"Some friends and I followed you into the
jungle the night you treated me, knowing you
would camp overnight. We waited for
you to go to sleep and planned to kill you
and take your money and drugs. Just as we
started moving into the campsite, we saw you
were surrounded by 26 armed guards. There
were only six of us and we knew then we
couldn't possibly get near you, so we left."
Hearing this the missionary laughed and
said, "That's impossible. I can assure you I
was alone in the camp site."
The young man pressed his point: "No sir, I
was not the only one to see the guards. My
friends also saw them, and we all counted
them. We were frightened. It was because of
those guards that we left you alone."
Several months later, the missionary
attended a church presentation in Michigan
where he told about his experiences in
Africa, including this incidence of God’s
protection. One of the congregants jumped to
his feet, interrupting the missionary, and
said something that left everyone in the
church stunned.
"We were there with you in spirit," said the
man. The missionary looked perplexed. The
man continued. "On that night in Africa, it
was morning here. I stopped at the church to
gather some materials for an out-of-town
trip to another parish. But as I put my bags
into the trunk, I felt the Lord leading me
to pray for you. The urging was so great I
called the men in the church together to
pray for God's protection over you."
Then the man turned around and said, "Will
all those men who met with me in prayer that
morning please stand?"
One by one they stood -- all 26 of them!
Author Unknown
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