Ezekiel 2:2 (NIV) As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.
When Handel wrote the "Hallelujah Chorus," his health and his fortunes had reached the lowest possible ebb. His right side had become paralyzed, and all his money was gone. He was heavily in debt and threatened with imprisonment. He was tempted to give up the fight. The odds seemed entirely too great. And it was then he composed his greatest work—Messiah. Could we not say of Handel that the Spirit entered into him and set him upon his feet? —Peter Marshall, Sr.
Elesha Hodge, comp., Today's Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "AFFLICTIONS".
