A Spokesman of God’s Truth SCRIPTURE READING: Hebrews 13:20–21 KEY VERSE: Mark 2:17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” George Whitefield, an English evangelist who lived from 1714 to 1770, delivered more than eighteen thousand sermons in his lifetime of being a traveling preacher. In England and America, his strong voice carried through fields to the crowds of thousands that gathered wherever he went. He was so passionate to spread the gospel that he continued preaching even in poor health. The people around him recognized that the Lord gave him almost superhuman energy and drive. In their book The Light and the Glory, Peter Marshall and David Manuel described the scene in New Hampshire at his last sermon: When the time came to speak, he could barely breathe, and one of them said to him, “Sir, you are more fit to go to bed, than to preach.” “True, sir,” gasped Whitefield. Then, glancing heavenward he added, “Lord Jesus, I am weary in Thy work, but not of it. If I have not finished my course, let me go and speak for Thee once more in the fields, and seal Thy truth, and come home and die!” God answered his prayer. After delivering a more than two-hour sermon, the exhausted Whitefield went to a pastor friend’s home; he died the next morning as he gazed out the window at the sunrise. Because one man was willing to be a spokesman of God’s truth, two nations were touched with His love. O Lord, make me a spokesman of Your truth. I have not finished my journey. Don’t let me grow weary along the way. Keep me faithful to the end. Stanley, C. F. (1999). On holy ground (p. 267). Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers.
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