{"id":5132,"date":"2020-12-28T15:25:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T20:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=5132"},"modified":"2022-03-31T10:08:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T14:08:36","slug":"heroic-nashville-cop-hears-voice-of-god-turns-around-just-seconds-before-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2020\/12\/heroic-nashville-cop-hears-voice-of-god-turns-around-just-seconds-before-blast.html","title":{"rendered":"Heroic Nashville Cop Hears Voice of God, Turns Around Just Seconds Before Blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>God\u2019s voice not only helped the officer narrowly avoid the bomb, but it also enabled him to save others.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nashville Officer James Wells, one of the heroic cops who helped evacuate people moments before an RV with a suicidal man inside exploded, says God spoke directly to him before the incident took place. God\u2019s voice saved his life and many others in the process,\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CBN\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAs I\u2019m getting ready to walk toward them, walking back toward the RV, this might not be politically correct, but this is my truth. I literally heard God tell me to turn around and go check on Topping (fellow officer) who was by herself down on Broadway,\u201d Wells said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAs I turned around, for me, it felt like I only took three steps. The music stopped, and as I\u2019m walking back toward Topping now, I just see orange, and then I hear a loud boom. As I\u2019m stumbling, \u2019cause it rocked me that hard, I started stumbling. I just told myself to stay on my feet, stay alive, and I just take out in a full out sprint, and I\u2019m running toward Toppin to make sure she\u2019s ok,\u201d he continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a later interview, Wells added that he is a spiritual person. He opened up about being led by God in so many ways,\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Daily Wire\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI\u2019m a spiritual person, and so I truly believe that when I do this job, I\u2019m led by that voice, how I treat people, how I go about doing this job every day, that\u2019s what guides me. And I truly believe that that\u2019s what guided me in that sense because I was literally getting ready to walk back toward that RV, and you watch the video, you can see that moment of clarity for me when I heard God say, \u2018Go and check on Topping.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This truly is the power of God!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">See the exact moment Wells hears the voice of God, just seconds before the blast in the video below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wD61W9BmxEI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God\u2019s voice not only helped the officer narrowly avoid the bomb, but it also enabled him to save others. 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