Guardian Angels Protection A gang of men walked stealthily in the moonlight,
first through then around the village, armed with machetes, hunting rifles and
pistols. Some stumbled on the rough pathway, due more to the liquor they had
been drinking than not knowing the pathway. Occasionally a dog would bark or a
donkey would bray; but otherwise it was quiet since most people had retired for
the night in the rural village . Yet in one house at the riverbank, light could
be seen and voices could be heard in the stillness of the night. Here a small
group of Christians with their young pastor, Samuel Ramirez, had come together
for worship and intercessory prayer for their neighbors and village people of
Zapata. They had not the slightest notion that at exactly the same time some
village men, for whom they were praying, were plotting to bring them harm,
mutilate or kill them. All that the Christians had in mind was to worship their
new found Savior and Redeemer Jesus and to pray for their neighborhood.
When the disreputable gang crept through a riverbed and looked up to the house,
they could not believe their eyes! In the illuminated moonlight, obscured by
some clouds, they could clearly see tall men in uniform, carrying arms, standing
around the house! After another look, one after the other, they fled in
bewilderment each to his own house wondering where all the federal soldiers had
come from!
In the following days they approached the Christians with respect and inquired,
"Where did you get the soldiers who were standing guard around your house on the
riverbank?" Samuel was puzzled at first by their questions, but then he and the
other Christians realized that God had sent his angels to protect them from
harm. Eventually all the men apologized for their action except the ringleader,
a policeman. But when he was smitten with a painful disease and could not
venture outside because he had to wear his wife's skirt. He too repented,
apologized and asked the Christians to pray for his healing and the Lord in his
great love healed the man instantly.
In the following years the body of believers multiplied and a church building
was erected where from time to time we would come to show Gospel films.
Another miracle took place during a time of a severe drought in the state of
Guanajuato. The Christians fasted and prayed that the Lord, who "sends rain on
the righteous and the unrighteous" (Matthew 5:45) would send rain. He answered
that same night by sending a superabundance of rain, but only in Zapata and the
surrounding area.
De Jong, Albert. Two Soldiers in God's Victorious Army. 2002, p. 131-132.
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