Many of you who have heard me
for years have heard me tell the story of the tumble bugs. When I was a little boy, I used
to play with the tumble bugs. The tumble bugs down in Kentucky
would get in a cow pile and they would roll up the cow manure
into a little ball about that big around. All day long, I would
watch those tumble bugs create more little round manure balls. And when I got old enough to
read the scripture and found out that I was sought out, I
began to think about tumble bugs. I was down there in the manure
pile of life. Just rolling around a pile of
manure all my life. Just pushing it around. That's
where some of you were. Whether you were in the crack
house or shooting up heroin, some of you were in the church
house. But all you were doing is rolling up little manure balls. That's what your life amounted
to. And then one day Jesus came to
the cow pile. And there you were, tumble bug.
Rolling around that little ball of manure of yours. Empty on
the inside. Acting like that little manure
ball was everything to you when you knew it wasn't really. Down
and messed up. And then Jesus came. And you know, you know for sure
right now Many of those tumble bugs that were in the manure
pile with you, they're still out there, but you're in here
having come to Christ and knowing that he's Lord and Savior, he
sought you out of the manure pile. He brought you out of there
and to himself. You had to be sought out. So
when somebody asks you your name, what's your name? Tell them,
Tumblebug sought out by God Almighty and brought to Jesus Christ. You see, not only did you have
to be sought out, but you had to be found. You know why? Because
Jesus wasn't lost, you were. You were lost. How awesome is
this truth that Jesus Christ came into the world to seek and
to save that which was lost. You think about where you were
10 years ago or five years ago. You were so stupid. Think about
how stupid you were. You thought if you could drink
a case of beer, life would be great. Just out there doing what
you could to try to get high because you were low. And so you tried all the artificial
stuff. And instead of getting higher,
every time you got high, you sunk lower and lower. And then you lost your wife,
and then you lost your kids, then you lost your husband, then
you lost your self-respect down there in the manure pile, tumbling
like the tumble bugs. Taught of God. And then you came
in God's providence to a place where someone preached the gospel
to you. deep down in your soul." The Spirit of God said, that's
true! Jesus is the Christ! He did come
into the world to save sinners, and you're one of them He came
to save!