The Tavern Keeper

I recently ran across the story of a profane, ungodly tavern keeper in England during the 17th century. He was dead and lost in his sin. His one redeeming quality is that he loved music. And so he decided to attend one of John Wesley's meetings so that he could hear the singing. He had, however, decided not to listen to the sermon. And so he sat through the sermon with his head down and his fingers in his ears.

But when God wants to speak to a soul he can do it and use means that seem very strange to us. As the man stubbornly refused to listen to the sermon, a fly landed on his nose. For a moment he moved his hand to drive it away, and as he did he heard nine words of the sermon: "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." From that moment on the man had no rest in his soul. He came to the next meeting, listened eagerly to the gospel, and was saved.