David Wilkerson, A Living Legend

In 1983 I met David Wilkerson in his office at Lindale, Texas. A loving and kind acquaintance, he encouraged me in my ministry as a young preacher. A few years later, after one of Bro. Dave's services a few of my friends were teasing me about being skinny. Bro. Dave heard them, walked right over to us, looked us in the eyes, and then directed a comment to me: "Stay just like you are." I've tried to heed that advice.

Those two encounters were the only audiences I enjoyed with this spiritual giant. Few men have shaped the spiritual landscape as has David Wilkerson. He was a living legend in his nearly eighty years of life and his legacy will live on along with the likes of Edwards, Wesley, Finney, Booth and the other heroes of our faith.

Bro. Dave was a mouth piece for God and a number of his prophecies have yet to be fulfilled. I wait, drawing near to God, and staying full of the Spirit so that day doesn't find me sleeping. Bro. Dave warned us that the world faces some tough times ahead, and God is trying to get our attention. Will we listen?

Now Bro. Dave is cheering us on with the great cloud of witnesses. Let us all finish our race as strongly as this one whom I saw as a modern day prophet, Bro. David Wilkerson. To God be the glory for a mission accomplished.