People I admire – DLM & CHS

When I first started this journey of following Jesus I was in my early 20’s. I didn’t know the stories. I didn’t know the people who came before me. I didn’t know much of anything. But I was a reader. At the church I was attending they had a library of assorted books. I enjoyed reading stories about people so I picked up a biography on the life of Dwight L. Moody. God used it to speak to me about following Jesus…about living a sold out life for our Savior. Moody came from a working class background, didn’t attend religious schooling, and gave himself to being a witness for Jesus. I admire his tenacity, work ethic and his compelling need to tell people about Jesus. Moody overheard another saying, “the world has yet to see what God can do through a man or woman who is wholly consecrated unto him”, to which Moody responded, “I will be that man”. 

 

Another man I admire was Charles Haddon Spurgeon.  Spurgeon was a preacher in England. He was faithful in his generation of witnessing about Jesus Christ. He established schools for preachers. His sermons have been preserved and are still being used by the Holy Spirit to teach and change lives. He spoke plainly about Jesus. I admire his drive to learn, to teach and to train up other men. One of my college professors recommended the book Spurgeon wrote, Lectures to My Students. It rocked my world and helped me to realize the necessity of discipline and faithfulness. Even though it was written over a hundred years ago it is still amazingly relevant for today for those giving their lives to serving Christ.