Celebrating 250 Years: George Washington

Happy birthday, America! I want to celebrate America’s 250th birthday beginning with George Washington. One of the great miracles/signs of Washington’s life is the Battle of Monongahela. The miracles of Washington’s life help us understand:
1.God intervened to create America!
2.God’s hand is ‘still’ upon America!
 
The Miracle of Four Bullets
  In the mid-eighteenth century, war broke out between King George II of Britain, and King Louis XV of France, called the Seven Years' War. It spilled over into America as the French and Indian War.
  On July 9, 1755, 1,400 British troops under the leadership of General Edward Braddock were marching through the forests near the Monongahela River, in present-day Pennsylvania. Included in the march to attack the French Fort Duquesne was 22-year-old George Washington, a colonel in the British army. The British troops were ambushed by a combined force of French and Canadians, along with Potawatomi and Ottawa Indians. Only accustomed to fighting in open fields, the British were annihilated! Within a short period of time, 900 of the 1400 soldiers perished at what’s now known as the Battle of Monongahela, or more appropriately called the Massacre at Monongahela.
   Before Britain’s General Braddock was killed, he commissioned Colonel Washington to ride back and forth to give orders to other parts of the British line. Let me repeat that—multiple times---Colonel Washington rode through a hail of bullets!!!! Adding even more complexity to this MIRACLE are three important variables (signs-Gen1:14; Heb2:4):
1.Prior to the battle, the enemy agreed to target the British officers
2.George Washington was riding a White horse, and he was 6’3” tall at a time when the average American was 5’7”!
3.Every horse-mounted officer was killed except one. Guess who?
 
After the Battle, rumors quickly spread that all the British officers had perished. Shortly after the battle, George Washington wrote to his brother John Augustine Washington on July 18, 1755:
“As I have heard, since my arrival at this place, a circumstantial account of my death and dying speech, I take this early opportunity of contradicting the first, and of assuring you that I have not as yet composed the latter. But by the All-Powerful Dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me!*”
 
  This miracle is not finished. Fifteen years after the conflict, Washington providentially met one of the Indian Chiefs, who explained his role in the battle. Through an interpreter, the Chief declared:
“I called my young men and said, mark yon tall and daring warrior (referring to Washington). He is alone exposed. Quick, let your aim be certain, and he dies. Our rifles leveled, rifles which, but for you, knew not how to miss-t’was all in vain, a power mightier far than we shielded you. Seeing you were under the special guardianship of the Great Spirit, we immediately ceased to fire at you…I have come to pay homage to the man who is the particular favorite of Heaven, and who can never die in battle.”**
   For all the doubters who may be thinking, “Well, Pastor Jackson, his coat was flopping open, and the four bullets simply pierced his coat while he was riding!” On the contrary, remember, Washington was a soldier, and especially a British soldier! It is part of a soldier’s discipline to wear his uniform properly--in other words, his coat couldn't have been unbuttoned!!!
  Nope…No excuses!! God is real…And His power to deliver in the time of trouble is real! To make this miracle irrefutable, the Sovereign God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, caused four bullets to penetrate George Washington’s coat--while it was buttoned--yet those bullets could not penetrate his body—they either disintegrated or bounced off his garments! And don’t forget the many shots taken by the Indian sharpshooters that God also kept from even striking Washington, but killed ALL the other British officers.
  In conclusion, why would God work this kind of miracle? Very simply, for three reasons:
1.He sovereignly ordained America to be a nation!
2.He was sovereignly preparing Washington to lead the War for Independence.
3.He had ordained George Washington to be America’s first president!
This protection of Washington is a sign to the world!
 
If you are an American citizen…be excited—and be proud!!! You are part of something special; something great; something God supernaturally ordained!
 
   Always remember, when listening to the contemporary liberal America-hating culture--what God has blessed...no man can curse!!!
 
George Washington’s miraculous deliverance reveals that God has indeed blessed America…and is continuing to bless America!
   
*The Bulletproof George Washington, David Barton
** The Bulletproof George Washington, David Barton 
 
 
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