01/22/2024
When you look at a crowd, what do you see? When I think of that question, I think of a story that I heard a few months ago and recently read the same story online.
When Dwight L. Moody was in London during one of his famous evangelistic tours, several British clergymen visited him. They wanted to know how and why this poorly educated American was so effective in winning throngs of people to Christ. Moody took the three men to the window of his hotel room and asked each in turn what he saw. One by one, the men described the people in the park below. Then Moody looked out the window with tears rolling down his cheeks. “What do you see, Mr. Moody?” asked one of the men.
“I see countless thousands of souls that will one day spend eternity in hell if they do not find the Savior.”
Obviously, D. L. Moody saw people differently than the average observer does. And because he saw eternal souls where others saw only people strolling in a park, Moody approached life with a different agenda.
It is my prayer that I have the same eyes as D. L. Moody. I pray that when I see a crowd that I see countless souls that one day will spend eternity in hell if they do not find the Savior! If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, I pray that you have the same eyes as D.L. Moody as well!!
