The Almighty God who Makes Us Stand as a Witness
“I will deliver you and you shall glorify Me – Ps 50:15 (NIV)”
Desiring to see the situation of the village before he left the place, Surya Narayana Rao turned to the left side and went into the village. He entered the street where he lived and went near his house. He observed 4 or 5 people sitting on the verandah and speaking. Drawing near he overheard their conversation “Before its dawn we should kill him and bury him. He is not going to turn from his ways. Evil man! It’s a shame that such a person has been born into our family! The only way we can do some good to our race and our religion is to get rid of him. Come let us go!” On seeing them moving forward he started running away into the darkness. However, one of those men on seeing a figure running into the darkness called out, “Hey! Who are you?” On suspicion, they started chasing him. Mustering all his strength, he ran away from the village into the fields. Due to his weak condition he could not
S. THAYAPPAN 101 run fast and soon the men caught up with him and identified him. They were confused as to how he had managed to escape; yet in the midst of their confusion they beat him severely with rods. He fell down unconscious. Thinking he was dead they abandoned him and thought to themselves that they had got rid of him for good. However an angel woke him up, gave him fresh milk to quench his thirst. The angel directed him to go to a house seen some distance away and told him that they would apply medicines on his wounds. The angel then disappeared. Surya Narayana Rao thought to himself that if he had obeyed Jesus and gone to the right side he would not have received all these beatings. The Lord has instructed him not to go to the left side so that the lurking danger could be avoided. He thought to himself, “From now on I should never disobey the word of the Lord”. Filled with this thought he went towards the house seen far away. It was the house of a servant of God. Even at that time of dawn the sound of prayer could be heard from that house. The moment he knocked, they opened the door. The minister of God and his wife welcomed him inside and said, “Come in brother. We have been praying for you and we were waiting for you.” Surya Narayana Rao was astonished. He asked them, “How did you know I was coming?” They answered, “The Holy Spirit had revealed to us. So we have been praying for you since last night.” They welcomed him inside, washed his wounds, applied ointments, gave him food to eat and requested him to take rest. They said, “If you remain here, your life will be in danger. We will buy you a train ticket to Cuttack in Orissa. Go there. The Holy Spirit will reveal the rest to you. This couple allowed him to take rest the whole day and gave him clothes and some money and put him on the train to Cuttack at night. During the journey the ticket, money and the change of clothes were stolen from him. At Cuttack, when he got off the train without the ticket, the checking squad caught him and took him to their chief officer. The officer was a Christian. The chief officer due to some unknown reason decided to handle the case himself and told others in the squad to leave. He then asked Surya Narayana Rao
where he was going? He answered, “Wherever God tells me to go, I will go.” On hearing this, the officer took him to his own house and served him food and enquired about all that happened. He then took him to the church he attended and introduced him to the Head Pastor. Having heard his testimony, about all that took place in his life, he was sent to do ministry in many north eastern states like Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa, to share his testimony with people who do not know Jesus, so that they could also be led to Christ. Even today the Lord is using him mightily to deliver many thousands of people from their sinful ways and to lead them to salvation in Christ Jesus. It would take another book to write about the goodness of the Lord and the miracles done by the Lord in his life, the many people who have been led to salvation through him and the many people who have been delivered from sickness and bondages of Satan through his ministry. Since he put forth very strong, indisputable arguments against Hindu Gods and idolatry by quoting various verses from Hindu Vedas, histories, Sanskrit slokas and mantras, many cases have been foisted on him by vested interested people. He was arrested, tortured in jail. Yet he is facing all the court cases very boldly. The Lord has made him a living mighty witness to the glory of God and is doing a very strong ministry in Hyderabad. Those of you who would like to know more about his life, ministry and the wonderful things God has done in his life may read his book “Deiva Darisanam” (available with Mr. P. Madan Mohan (Tele No. 044-26620644/ Cell No. 9841526105), Old No. 54 (New No. 6), Cooks Road, Otteri, Chennai 600 012.