Measure of Faith

R. A. Torrey a close associate and friend of D. L. Moody once wrote "Why God Used D. L. Moody," stated this “I shall not seek to glorify Mr. Moody, but the God who by His grace, His entirely unmerited favor, used him so mightily, and the Christ who saved him by His atoning death and resurrection life, and the Holy Spirit who lived in him and wrought through him and who alone made him the mighty power that he was to this world. Furthermore: I hope to make it clear that the God who used D. L. Moody in his day is just as ready to use you and me, in this day, if we, on our part, do what D. L. Moody did, which was what made it possible for God to so abundantly use him.” Torrey also stated this, “But God does not give His power arbitrarily. It is true that He gives it to whomsoever He will, but He wills to give it on certain conditions, which are clearly revealed in His Word; and D. L. Moody met those conditions and God made him the most wonderful preacher of his generation; yes, I think the most wonderful man of his generation. But how was it that D. L. Moody had that power of God so wonderfully manifested in his life? Pondering this question it seemed to me that there were seven things in the life of D. L. Moody that accounted for God's using him so largely as He did.”

(1) A Fully Surrendered Man
(2) A Man of Prayer
(3) A Deep and Practical Student of the Bible
(4) A Humble Man
(5) His Entire Freedom from the Love of Money
(6) His Consuming Passion for the Salvation of the Lost
(7) Definitely Endued with Power from on High

If you are interested in reading in detail click here http://www.eaec.org/faithhallfame/dlmoody.htm#Torrey

What makes certain individuals want and thirst for Christ? What did D. L. Moody have that I didn’t or don’t have? I believe we are the same. What we all have is summed up in Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think. But set your mind to be right-minded, even as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Each and every one of us has that same measure of faith. It is what we decide to do with it. As a friend of mine once said, “faith, prayer, these are all like a muscle, you must exercise them for them to be effective.” Just recently I had a complete physical. When I was told that my cholesterol and blood pressure was high, I had to make a decision to do something about it. Of course exercise was one that I was getting a lot of from being active for God in His Outreach Ministry. But for changing my eating habits I could either do it or not. Luckily for me I am not a picky eater. So I can enjoy eating healthy almost as much as eating the things that will bring me to a life of medication. Faith and a life in Christ is basically the same principle. We all have a choice to make.

My prayer is that we all make the right choice and exercise our faith and let God work through us to do His will. Do you match up with any or all of the seven things that D L. Moody had?

From God’s heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott