Reality of the Holy Ghost

by Margaret Wright
(Sydney, NSW, Australia)

Many years ago when my children were in boarding school, I was disturbed early one morning from my sleep by a frightful dream.

In my dream I seemed to be standing behind the trellis-work in my home and looking outside at the early morning scene of water-filling at the tap by the road side. There was a long queue of water pots and men and women waiting to get good water from the tap, there were others off to work and children on their way to school.

Everything seemed quiet and normal this morning when suddenly, I do not know how it started, there was a big row with people fighting and breaking earthen water pots – a free for all fight. Some were bleeding from cuts received.

However, over and above all this noise and din, I heard someone shout out to me, “Rebecca was kidnapped” – referring to my daughter.

Hearing this, I shot out of bed and became very weak and rushed to the next room. I switched on the light and sat at the table. Fear swallowed me up and I could not think. It seemed there was no “me.” I noticed that it was 2am.

While in this state of shock, I heard a strong clear voice from within me begin to speak to me saying, “You worship and serve the Living God and you pray to Him daily. Each day you pray for your children and cover them under the protection of the Blood of Jesus, do you believe this?

Remember the time when you were pregnant with Rebecca and you were haunted by the fear of slipping and losing the baby? Remember how I preserved her through My Word in Psalm 127:3. “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord and the fruit of the womb is His reward?”

I could not remember all this at that time for my mind was blank and swallowed up by fear. I quickly took paper and pencil and began to write all that this Voice was saying to me. “Remember, when the children were in pre-school and you were under persecution for the testimony of Jesus Christ, you were threatened that your husband, Robert would be knifed and your children kidnapped and acid would be thrown at your family to destroy you all and that your house would be burned down? Remember, how I preserved you through My Word in Psalm 33:10 “The Lord brings the counsel of the heathen to nought: for He makes the devices of the people of none effect?”

The Voice continued, “AND NOW THE ENEMY SHALL NOT HAVE HER. Remember, the theme song you sang daily at the Vacation Bible School last week, I serve a risen Savior, He’s in the world today… was that real to you?”

As I was writing down everything – even the Scripture references given, my faith began to soar and soon I was back to my normal self and thrilled that the Holy Ghost Himself had ministered to me in this manner.

I took the hymn-book out (Redemption Hymnal No.361) and sang the hymn and rejoiced in the Lord and praised Him. After I had finished I looked at the clock and it was now 4 am and at first I was frightened to go back to sleep in case there was a sequel to my dream but then I remembered how the Holy Ghost had ministered to me and decided to go back to sleep.

Later I wrote to my daughter, who was in a boarding School, in India and asked her what she was doing on that day in July without telling her anything about my dream. She replied saying it was a day open to the public as it was the School’s sports day.

I knew then that God had intervened once again by His Sovereign power and mercy and had preserved my daughter one more time.

God is in control of our lives for indeed we serve the risen Savior, Jesus Christ. There is power in the blood of Jesus to protect us from all the works of the enemy!

ALL GLORY TO HIS HOLY NAME!!