"WHY ARE YOU WEEPING?" 167
I am weary with my groaning;
All night I make my bed swim;
I drench my couch with my tears. (Ps. 6:6)
There I was, grieving and not knowing why, pacing the
floor and searching for a reason.
I looked up and said, "Lord, why?" I prayed to be
released from this unexplainable weight on my shoulders.
At that moment God almighty transformed that heaviness
of grief into a burden for lost souls that I had never known
before.
What began with my turning to ask the Holy Spirit,
"Why are you weeping?" ended with a life-changing burden
for the lost that has never left me—not once—to this day.
I came away from that experience (even though I still
do not understand it fully) convinced that the Holy Spirit
grieves for the world. I am fully persuaded that with tears
He searches for servants to spread God's love. I believe that
the Spirit of the Father's heart is breaking with the needs of
mankind. Perhaps for those weeks He allowed me just a
glimpse of His agony for the lost.
There was no question of what was to be the future of
Benny Hinn. I knew that I must preach the message of the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And I have not stopped
doing it since.
The Spirit is so special that when He finds a person that
He can use, He allows them to feel His heartbeat. When
you have felt the pain that the Holy Ghost feels, it clings to
your consciousness and will never leave you. You not only
see the needs of mankind; you feel those desperate needs as
never before.
But I believe there was another reason that God allowed
me to endure that lesson. It opened my eyes to why the
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