Count Zinzendorf was divinely empowered when he connected with God. He spent his entire life connecting others to God. He serves as a great example for all who desire to see others divinely empowered.
Count Nicolaus Ludwigvon Zinzendorf is a hero of mine. Not only was this very unusual man a gifted writer of hymns, but he was also an ardent exponent of foreign missions.
Zinzendorf was only ten years old when his soul was fired with a passionate desire to do something to help win the world for Christ. He was a pupil at the Pietist school of at Halle, Germany. At the time, and through his efforts a mission society known as “The Order of the Grain of Mustard Seed,” was organized among the lads of his own age.
A few years later he viewed a copy of Sternberg’s masterpiece, “Ecce Homo,” depicting Christ wearing His crown of thorns before Pilate and the Jewish mob. Beneath the famous picture were inscribed the words:
This have I done for thee;
What hast thou done for Me?
From that moment Zinzendorf took as his life motto: “I have but one passion, and that is He and only He.” On his wedding day, in 1722, he and his young bride decided to renounce their rank and to dedicate their lives to the task of winning souls for Christ.
I am glad that the zeal to experience the Lord's presence is growing, but it seems like the zeal for evangelism is not.
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