On January 6, 1850, one life was forever changed and the lives of countless thousands have been impacted because of the work of God in the heart of that one person.
On that snowy Sunday, Charles Spurgeon was making his way up Hythe Hill on his way to Church. The blizzard of the day hindered his progress so he turned and entered a small Methodist Church.
Here is how he tells the story:
"I sometimes think I might have been in darkness and despair now, had it not been for the goodness of God in sending a snowstorm one Sunday morning, when I was going to a place of worship.
When I could go no further, I turned down a court and came to a little Primitive Methodist Chapel.
In that chapel there might be a dozen or fifteen people.
The minister did not come that morning: snowed up, I suppose.
A poor man, a shoemaker, a tailor, or something of that sort, went up into the pulpit to preach.
He was obliged to stick to his text, for the simple reason that he had nothing else to say. The text was, ‘Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth’ [Isa 45:22].
He did not even pronounce the words rightly, but that did not matter.
There was, I thought, a glimpse of hope for me in the text."
You will be blessed to read the rest of the story HERE.
What a blessing to know that when we gather to worship the Lord, even if there are but a few of us, even if the weather outside is terrible; Jesus can change a life for all of eternity and use that life to impact thousands and thousands of people.
May Everett Springs Baptist Church be a place where we give people the HOPE they need by pointing them to Jesus!
Looking at Him,
Pastor Mike
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