His Faith Comes To The Top

Lindsey Sowles death last Thursday night was not the only tragedy of the day. Pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, a well-known evangelist who holds a popular crusade at Angels Stadium every August, lost his 33 year-old son Christopher in an automobile accident earlier in the day.

While the Sowles family agonized for months over Lindsey's illness, Christopher went to work one day and wound up in the presence of the Lord. Do we not know that life is short or has it become a cliche or a catchy ad slogan? I've added a link at the end of this post to Pastor Greg's first appearance in church since his son's death. It's about 18 minutes in length and it is moving.

As a pastor, he has had to say all the right things for years to family's that were hurting, but he will tell you this is the toughest thing he has ever had to deal with. But the place he knew he had to be on Sunday was in church and to praise the One who is now hosting his son Christopher. I mainly wanted to post today to encourage you to take time to watch the video and see real faith put on display for us all.

The verse that gave Greg great comfort was from Job 1:21. He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked I shall return there. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD." What a great place to go for comfort, the Word of God.

Pastor Greg had a chance to curse God, but he didn't. Instead, he offered people a chance to receive Christ (he especially challenged the young people) since he knew he was being watched. And miraculously many did. A steep price for a family to pay, but God is being glorified already and the Kingdom of Heaven is expanding through Christopher's death and I suspect that many more will in the time ahead as Pastor Greg's altar calls will have a bit more passion and a bit more urgency. Praise the Lord for his family and his ministry.

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