For years Sergis ran his small retail business from
his store in a local shopping center. Every week a visitor would drop by to
collect a percentage of his sales. The visitor wasn't his landlord; the mafia
had taken control of business in his small country.
Through the ministry of a marketplace Christian,
Sergis came to faith in Christ, and God began a deep work in his life. One day
Sergis decided he could no longer give God's money to the mafia.
A few days later his "friends" paid him a visit. They
kidnapped him, blindfolded him, and placed him in a jail cell located in the
middle of a mafia-controlled house. During the night Sergis sat in the jail cell
discouraged. Two locked doors with guards separated Sergis from his freedom.
Suddenly, in the middle of the night Sergis awoke to a voice: "Sergis, get up.
Follow me." Sergis awakened to a real, in-the-flesh, angel of God sent to
deliver him. The angel opened the doors while the guards remained asleep. Sergis
and the angel walked quietly past the guards to freedom. Sergis immediately went
to his Christian brothers to share the miracle that had just taken place.
This true story is living proof that we serve a God
who still does miracles on behalf of His servants. Ask God for the miracle you
need today.
Excerpted with permission from the book TGIF Today God
Is First, by Os Hillman, copyright 2000, Destiny Image Publishers, Reprinted by
permission. For free daily email subscription to TGIF Today God Is First
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