The last notes of taps echoed in the lieutenant's ears as he sat on his cot, weary from a long day. Then an irresistible urge came over him. The Lord was telling him he should go and witness to his colonel. To leave his barracks after taps without orders would result in a reprimand and possibly court-martial, he reasoned. Still, he couldn't shake the urge.

A few minutes later, the lieutenant stood trembling before the colonel's barracks. He drew a deep breath and knocked.

"What are you doing here?" the colonel asked gruffly.

Stumbling over his words, the lieutenant told him of the irresistible urge he felt to come and talk to him about Jesus.

Without saying a word, the colonel opened a drawer and took out a revolver. "If you had knocked at my door a minute later, I couldn't have answered. I was about to take my life when you knocked. What you have said gives me hope. Come again tomorrow and tell me more about your Jesus. And, no, I won't use the pistol."

The next morning the lieutenant led the colonel to receive Jesus as his Savior.