A young man, 16 years of age, came into the revival in June of 1993. They said he had learning disabilities and could never function in a normal classroom setting. And he was, by his own admission, a social misfit, whose life was a disaster. His mother talked him into coming to church one night, and he was touched by the power of the Holy Ghost. He went to the floor and God did a work in that young man’s life.
You may say, “I don’t believe that”, well that’s okay, pass on by. You may think that most folks fake it, well some of them probably do, but not all of them. I will tell you there are people that get off of the floor and God’s done a work of surgery.
I will never forget the grief that was in my wife’s heart when her youngest brother Rex was killed by a drunken driver. It was such a senseless tragedy. All that people think about is who does or doesn’t go to jail. But people don’t realize the pain and heartache of the tragedy. He was twenty eight years old with a beautiful wife and brand new baby. My wife was hurting; I saw her hurting and Dr. Kenneth Hagin prayed for her one night. The power of God put Joy on the floor and when Joy goes on the floor I can go get several hamburgers before it is going to be all over. She and God negotiate so it’s going to be a little while before they get through. But she said afterward, you know when I got up the hurt was healed, God had touched me. During that special time God had taken away the sting of her loss and given the grace to go on.
You know, we need to be very careful about judging the things we see in the church. Occasionally somebody may be doing something ugly or ungodly, we know that is wrong. But what I am talking about is judging someone else when you don’t know what God is doing in their life. There may be a reason why they cry or laugh so much. A little laughter would probably help you too. There may be a reason why they come to the altar so much. Listen to me, I’m talking to you out of a pastor’s heart, leave them alone and let them come to Jesus. Let God do a work of grace in their lives.
God said don’t make a big deal out of why they come, just receive them as they come. Minister to them and help them because this could be, just as it was for that misfit young man and my precious wife, their day of turnaround.