Some weeks later, Joanne and I became involved in an outreach ministry called
Living Word Center. The center was open six nights a week. It took a lot of
prayer, dedicated work and long hours for all associated with it. After work, it
usually meant a quick supper and a fifteen minute nap for me.
One day while following the same routine, I had just touched the bed when a
strong anointing came on me as had happened in April when I received the
Baptism. In the twinkling of an eye, it came. In a vision of the Lord, I saw the
front of a white tractor trailer. Outside the cab was the smiling face of my
brother, Edward! His face was very clear and recognizable in the vision. I
dropped to my knees and fervently prayed, mostly in the Holy Spirit language in
tongues. The Bible says: "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.
We do not know what we ought to pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us
with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the
mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance
with God's will." (Romans 8:26-27) After about ten minutes of interceding, the
anointing left and the vision was lifted from me.
I knew that my brother, Ed, who lived in California, was a milk tank truck
driver. And I also knew that, although he had been in danger, no harm had come
to him. Nevertheless, I was curious to find out what had happened to him. The
next day, I sent him a letter asking, "Did anything particular happen to you on
that day and at that hour?" I did not tell him what the Lord had shown me in the
vision.
Ed's reply came quickly, "I was driving on a two lane highway in a mountainous
area and a car was passing me in a no passing zone. What the driver could not
see, I could. Another car was com ing ahead and a collision was inevitable! I
pulled off the pavement. I lost control! It looked like I was crashing into a
ravine! LORD HELP! I gripped the steering wheel with all my might, trying to get
control. Suddenly, an unseen force entered my cab. The little bit of hair that I
have stood up straight and so did the hair on my arms. Just as suddenly the
whole big tanker truck was back on the highway! I am sure the angel of the Lord
rescued me that day!
"If you make the Most High your dwelling even the Lord, who is my refuge, then
no harm will befall you. No disaster will come near your tent. For he will
command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift
you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone."
(Psalm 91:9-1?)
De Jong, Albert. Two Soldiers in God's Victorious Army. 2002, p. 37-38.
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