Biggest flop God turned into a success

Wasn't a sermon of mine but we went to church once - guest speaker - one of the boys had invited his lost friend to attend. The message was totally disjointed, very unclear, poorly prepared, poorly delivered and in my mind I had to wonder why the friend had come that day.

The speaker gave kind of an invitation - all in all the Gospel barely understandable from the mess the man presented, the friend went forward and accepted the Lord. He became a strong christian in his local church over the years.

 

Years ago when I was in college I was put in charge of a dorm for ministry in a parachurch organization I was in. I complained to the leader and told him that nothing ever happened in that dorm. I felt like I was wasting my time. Reluctantly I prayed for God to give me people that I could work with. Did he ever! I was shocked. At the end of two years there were more who had come to know Christ than in any other dorm on campus. There were times when people would come up to us telling us that they had watched us and wanted to know how to become a Christian. It seemed like people were becoming Christians all over the place and earlier I thought my efforts would be a waste of time. 1/2 of the people in that parachurch organization came to Christ in that one dorm during that time. God knew what I had doubted and thought of as a waste of time. I learned a big lesson from that.