Last week a legend went to be with the Lord. I guess it is hard to quantify the impact a man like this has had and many, many folk, more qualified than myself have attempted to do so over this past week (like here). All I know is that for me John Stott's writing, preaching and life has been an example of a humble Jesus follower, committed to the Word and His Lord above all else and seeing the strategic value in students and in training pastors the world over.
I didn't realise when I was 15 how privileged I was to be at Keswick when he spoke throughout the week on 'One Lord, One Church, One Task', talking through 1 Corinthians. I remember a lot from those talks.
It seemed fitting that the verse that was on my blog the day he died was this one from 2 Tim4v7-8:
'I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.'
A good fight fought, a finished race, a faith kept.
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