angels

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 asked you to pray for them? This true story will bless you and let you see how God's angels perform.

A missionary on furlough told this true story while visiting his home church in Michigan... "While serving at a small field hospital in Africa, 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 approuched 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 the jungle campsite. The young man pressed the point, however, and said, 'No sir., I was not the only person to see the guards. My five 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!
26 guards is a true example of how living under God's grace will work in the spiritual realm for you and anyone who lives and speaks according to God's word.
As a Christian, I don't always 'see' all the activity going on around me in the spiritual realm. Unseen, the angels of God, who are assinged to me, are constantly being activated by the words I speak which are in agreement with God's words. They protect me, guide my paths, and place blessings within my reach. And when I pray in faith, my angels get busy. I can almost feel the activity around me even when I am alone. It is my angels at work. God's spoken word is 'angels marching orders'. Faith is their battle call and praise brings the victory from the spiritual realm to this world where we live.
Some people's angels are never activated because their own words are not in line with God's word; or they don't pray in faith; or they have no gratitude before God. Jesus said if we didn't praise him, the very rocks would cry out praises to him.