Lately, I have been reading the Memoirs of Charles Finney and I have to say that he, along with so many of his generation, have issued a challenge to me and those of my generation by mere virtue of the way they answered God's call. Charles Finney truly stepped up to the plate once he turned his life over to God's leading. He was a lawyer one day and a minister of the gospel the next. That fast, that confident, that trusting. The day after he was found by the Lord a client came to his office to remind him that he had retained Mr Finney to represent him in court that day. Mr. Finney looked him in the eye and with all seriousness said "Mr. ______, my services have now been retained by Jesus Christ and I represent him alone". WOW!!! Where are we in this arena?? Are we still on the sidelines as spectators or are we in the fight earnestly pursuing the call of Christ in our lives. It's not a game but my generation has lived as if it was just that. "Stool of do nothing" I abandon you for a much higher purpose.
Oh, by the way, lest you feel sorry for Mr. Finney's client who had to go into court alone, the story says he settled his affairs went home and found the Lord himself. Awesome!
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