Tuesday morning was also a very nice morning. The High Wind Warning was still in effect from 9 am to 9 pm, with the heavy gusts starting around 11 am. Our plan was to move forward with crane-lifting the membrane modules out of the tank and try and get them all out before the wind started. This was a good plan, but if the wind started and we couldn’t lift them back in on the same day and had to wait until Wednesday, we would risk creating more downtime at the plant. However, by moving forward with the plan, we were committed and I was exercising faith that the wind would stay away.

When I went into the milk plant on Tuesday morning, the first person I saw asked, “Are you going to be able to do this today with the wind that is coming?” I said, “Well, I said my prayers last night and this morning that we could, so yes, we will get it done.” She looked at me kind of funny and said, “OK, I hope you can.” I thought, “Wow, The Lord is not going to let me off the hook on this one…the first person I saw I had the opportunity to testify of prayer and faith.”

A little later, the production manager asked if we were going to be able to get the project done that day. I said, “Well, I’ve been praying that we can.” He looked at me with a look that said, “OK, dude…whatever.”

I told another person that I had said my prayers that the wind would stay away and they ignored the comment.

By 11 am we had gotten all three of the membrane modules lifted out of the tank. Now I needed the miracle to happen. One of the contractors that was on-site with us had been talking about 70 mph winds all morning. He had another crew working 20 miles south, and around 11 am they called him and told him they were taking cover because the 70 mph winds had started there and they were moving our way. I thought, “Great!”

As I was walking back to the main plant from the wastewater plant around 11 am, I was having a Peter moment where I was nearly walking on water that day with faith but then started to waver and sink, given the news I had just heard. As soon as I had this pessimistic moment, the impression came, “Have hope in Christ! Expect this miracle to happen, expect this prayer to be answered.” I thought, “OK! I can do this.” I said a prayer in my heart for renewed hope and faith and that the wind would stay away.

By 1-1:30 pm the wind was still relatively light compared with what was being forecast, but then it started to pick up a little. It still wasn’t bad, and it was still well within the working parameters. Around 2 pm one of the other contractors looked at me and asked, “Is this wind going to stay away and let us finish this work?” Admittedly, this contractor is a pretty rough individual and I thought I might be ridiculed for saying I was praying for it, so I simply responded with, “Yep, that’s the plan!” He looked at me and said, “Well, whatever witch-doctor voodoo you’re doing, keep it up!” I knew I had to ‘fess up then, so I said, “None of that, just prayers.” He paused, looked at me like I was crazy, then turned around and kept working.

Thirty minutes later I was in the control room of the wastewater plant checking on a few things and the plant manager for the site was also there. I was doing something on my computer and he said, “Wow, look at that, the High Wind Warning was just cancelled!” In disbelief I asked, “WHAT?” He said, “Yeah, the High Wind Warning was just cancelled!” I said, “It’s a miracle.” He looked at me with a look that said, “Sure, whatever you want to believe.”

6.5 hours before it was supposed to end, the High Wind Warning was cancelled and the high winds that were forecast, the high winds that were 20 miles south of us, the high winds that would have prevented us from completing the project that day, those high winds never came.

I needed to take a walk so people wouldn’t see my gratitudinal emotion. As I walked back to the main plant, my heart was full. I had asked for a miracle. I doubted some but still expected, and I was granted the wonderful opportunity to witness one.

We completed the work for this day of the project by 10:30 pm that night. We got the equipment running again and processed more wastewater the following 24 hours than they had processed in months. This was a huge win for the plant, and it allowed us to complete the second part of the project on Thursday that week as well.

I share this experience to illustrate and testify of the power of revelation in our lives and how significantly it can impact us and those around us. I saw it in a very tangible way that day. I’m not sure if people remember that I was advertising that I was praying for this miracle to happen, but people do remember this event and still talk about it today on occasion.