What Attracts God?

     A man without formal Biblical education preached to a handful of people in sinful Brooklyn. Today, thousands of people flock to his services. Numerous worldly/immoral men and women have surrendered to Christ.

     Jim Cymbala, in his book, "Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire," asks what happens when God's Spirit enters the hearts of his people? He answers: 

     "God is attracted to weakness...those who humbly and honestly admit how desperately they need him. For his disciples, Jesus chose fishermen and such, not graduates of rabbinical schools. 

     "We needed to be natural and sincere. 

     "We had to have a visitation of the Holy Spirit, or bust. God speaks in words heard not by ear, but deep within my spirit. 

     "My hunger for Him and his transforming power would be satisfied...as our congregation calls out to him in prayer." 

This summarizes the first chapter of his 1997 book. Truth for today.