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A Wall of Fire
by Anonymous
he current fighting in Central Africa
is a regional war which now involves eight African countries. Last summer it spilled
over into Congo where American Baptist Missionaries have remained. The genocide and
senseless killings in some areas have occurred so often that many in the Western
world have become immune to the tragedy in this part of Africa. But God's people
have been praying and He responds in sometimes miraculous ways. The following story
did not make the evening news.
Tutsi soldiers had broken down the door of a young pastor's house and stood poised
to slaughter by machine gun fire, him and his entire family right where they sat.
Their intent was to massacre the civilians in this Hutu village. "Wait! the
young man implored, would you not allow my family and I a moment to pray before we
die? I can almost picture the sneers on the face of these soldiers as they watched
this family, an African couple and their young children soberly kneel, arm in arm,
in a circle on the floor and pray to God for mercy. The remarkable thing is that
the expected shots never came. After praying, the family slowly stood up and saw
that the soldiers were gone, not only out of their house but away from their village
as well. It was not until several months later they found out just what had happened.
At a church meeting in another town where Christians from both sides had gathered
to pray, this young pastor told his story and the seemingly miraculous way in which
the soldiers "just disappeared from his house and village."
"I think I can explain," came a quiet voice from the back of the room...
spoken by one of the Tutsi soldiers who had been there that fateful day. "You
see," said the soldier, "I was there when we broke into your house. I was
one who had your children lined up in my rifle site as you kneeled and prayed...
when suddenly a wall of fire, fierce and ferocious, jumped up and surrounded the
lot of you. We couldn't even see beyond the flames. Due to the intense heat and fire,
we knew the house would burn down so we fled. When we went outside and saw your home
consumed by fire and yet not destroyed, we fled the village as well. Later I realized
that this was not the type of fire we are familiar with but a fire sent by God. If
this is how your God responds, I want to know Him too! I am tired of the fighting
and the killing... this is why I came tonight."
Miracles abound in war torn Central Africa. Prayer is, and will always be, the only
response to the tragedies and crises in our lives.
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A mighty fortress is our God...
"For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her
a Wall Of Fire round about, and will be the Glory in the midst of her"
(Zechariah 2:5).
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