Sunday, January 13, 2002
Sunday, January 13, 2002
He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart
and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
His wife became restless, so he bought her homes in three or four places around the world,
trying to satisfy her desires. But this didn't work either. Then something quite unexpected
happened. His wife began to read the Bible and got comfort from it. Pitts thought this was kind
of a nutty thing to do. Soon she seemed to undergo a change in her outlook on life. She talked
about knowing Christ personally, which to Charles was so much gobbledygook. He didn't
understand this religious stuff--he thought it was nonsense, and certainly not for him. Perhaps
it was okay for an emotional woman, but not for a hard-headed businessman.
Pitts increasingly realized, though, that his life was not giving him all that he wanted. At the
request of his wife, he reluctantly attended an evangelistic meeting, even while his planes
were being readied at the airport to take him on his annual hunting trip. That night the Holy
Spirit spoke to Charles Pitts and convinced him of his need to receive Christ as his Savior.
Today Pitts will tell you that when you are on the bottom rung of the ladder, the top looks bright
and rosy; when you finally get to the top, nothing there will satisfy the emptiness caused by our
separation from God our Maker. At this point all we can do is receive.
(Mark 3.5
NRSV)
Charles Pitts is the owner of a plush hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Charles Pitts' ambition in
life was to make a million dollars by the time he was 40 years old. By the time he was 35,
however, he had made his first million. By the time he was 40 he had made $6 million. Charles
Pitts thought financial success would bring him satisfaction. He was wrong.
Loving God, move through my hardness of heart as I receive a savior. Amen.
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