An explosion turns into an opportunity!

28 Mar 2021 — Filed Under: blog

Summer work, USA
In 1978, I studied half the summer and worked the rest to gain funds to complete my studies. My trust in God was to be further and sorely put to the test. I purchased a ‘beat up’ campervan kitted it out and started to travel across the
United States to British Columbia, Canada. Starting from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, my plan was to go through Iowa and
Nebraska to Wyoming, before taking the Highway to Montana, reaching the majestic heights of the Rockies and then
turn north to my destination…Later I enjoyed Sabbath lunch with a lovely couple up in the hills, altogether a wondrous
experience. It must indeed have been fulfilling for I slept all that Sunday till early afternoon. My troubles began later that Sunday afternoon. As I was nearing Montana, I noticed that my petrol gauge was falling dramatically.

God ‘showed up’
Upon inspection, I realised that countless road chippings, steadily hit the underside of the van, and finally pierced the petrol tank. Soon, unless something happened, I would be stranded. I panicked and revved up the V-6 engine to speed along as fast as I could. What a tragic mistake that was. Suddenly, the cabin filled with smoke. I stopped and none too soon, for as I got out, the van first ignited and then exploded…

What are the chances of meeting someone you haven’t seen for years while heading for another destination hundreds of miles away in another country? Another continent? Practically zero? You would think so…This is the thing. On a human level, the odds are pretty much nothing. Put the Spirit of God in the mix and you have…a phenomena that can only be explained spiritually… being in the right place, at the right time…to play out another scene where the Spirit Moves…