Last Saturday I was having an unusual day. I was listening to some praise music on my radio and all of the sudden the devil must not have liked what I was listening to because my radio started smoking. I mean it was to the point where I had open my doors and let the smoke out. I thought for sure that my radio was going to ignite and catch my pickup on fire. I did not have one of those tools for extracting a radio so I had to use my knife to work my way in there to get it out. It was challenging to extract the radio with the smoke in the cab.
The highway patrol were just getting over a meeting in that location where my pickup was billowing smoke. They know who I am and were concerned for my safety. They all came running with their flashing lights on and surrounded my pickup. They were trying to figure out what kind of trouble I was in. I had the situation resolved by the time they arrived but some smoke was still lingering in the air. One highway patrolman said, “It looks like the devil was trying to take your pickup out. We want to pray over you.” It looked like to the public that I must be a really bad guy. Everyone was probably wondering what I did to get this kind of attention. I had seven patrol cars surrounding me with their lights flashing. All the officers then got out of their cars and came over and surrounded me. Each one laid one hand on me and the other hand on each other. It kind of looked like a spoke wheel pattern as they prayed over me. All these guys are Christians and know me very well so they knew what to pray for. After the highway patrolman finished praying for me, they suddenly got an emergency call and they all had to leave the scene quickly.
Two couples saw what was going on from a distance and watched the event unfold. They were captivated by what just happened and they had to find out what happened. They came over to me and one husband started to ask questions. I told him what happened with my radio and how they rushed over to pray for me. I was wondering what they were thinking as this was unfolding. I know it first looked like I was in deep trouble but when the officers surrounded me and laid hands on me, that must have been an amazing sight. How often do you see highway patrolman gathering around in a group praying for someone like what happened to me today? The wives were Christians already but the husbands were not but the Holy Spirit touched their hearts when the power of the highway patrolmen’s prayer was released. The husbands said, “What happened there to you is really cool. We have decided that we need to serve the same God that you serve.” Both husbands gave their lives to Jesus Christ today just because of what happened to me. The devil tried to ruin my day and my pickup by trying to catch my radio on fire. I know he was also extremely angry with the worship music that I was listening to which edified the true King. Our King took his destruction and brought two men to Jesus Christ. Only our King can take something that is bad and make it glorious. I am out one radio but a person’s salvation is worth it. Plus, it makes a good story. I know I am going to see even more unusual things in the future because I serve the only real and the only great God.