2 Thessalonians 3:3 (NIV)
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and
protect you from the evil one.
A prominent minister in Canada relates the following
remarkable instance of God's miraculous care over His people:
I am frequently impressed by the Spirit to perform
actions at the time unaccountable to myself. These impressions are so vivid
that I dare not disobey them.
Some time ago, on a stormy night, I was suddenly
impressed to go to the distant house of an aged couple, and there to pray. So
imperative was the call that I harnessed the horse and drove to the spot,
fastened the horse under the shed, and entered the house unperceived, by a door
which had been left open. There, kneeling down, I poured out my petition to God
in an audible voice, for the divine protection over the occupants: after which
I departed and went home.
Months after, I was visiting some of the principal
prisons in Canada, and moving among the prisoners, was taken aside by one of
them, who claimed to know me. I had no recollection of the convict, and was
fairly startled when the latter said: "Do you remember going to such a
house one night, and offering prayer in the dark for the occupants?"
I told him I did, and asked how he came to know anything
about it. He said: “I had gone to that house to steal a sum of money known to
be in the possession of the old man. When you drove into the yard, I thought
you were he, and intended to kill you while you were hitching your horse. I
saw, when you spoke to the horse, you were a stranger. I followed you into the
house, and heard your prayer. You prayed God to protect the old people from
violence of any kind, especially from murder; and if there was any hand
uplifted to strike them, that it might be paralyzed."
Then the prisoner pointed to his right arm, which hung
lifeless by his side, saying, "Do you see that arm? It was paralyzed on
the spot, and I have never moved it since. I left the place without doing any
harm.
Dear Lord, we thank You for the protection You give. We
thank You that we can come to You I prayer and ask for protection from harm.
Help us take the time to remember those around us that need your protection
from all harm. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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