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Sentiments Regarding His Departure from This Life: "So What!" |
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 "So if and when I die, so what! It doesn't really matter! God's running this thing! |
David's last years were spent in failing
health. In early 1993 he was near death, and gave a farewell talk to his personal family
and staff in which he stressed his own unimportance. It was appropriately entitled,
"So What?" He exhorted: "So if and when I die, so what! It doesn't really matter! If you say it matters that I die, then it means that you're not really saying that this work is of God. "So what! God's still here! Who do you think is running this thing, anyway? (Family member: The Lord.) Exactly! No matter what happens, so what! God's running this thing! This is God's Kingdom! This is God's work. "So what if I die? What did Paul tell'm in the Bible? (Family member: 'Whether I live or die, I'm the Lord's' [Romans 14:8].) Yes, and what did Gamaliel tell'm? (Family member: 'If this work be of God, no man can stand against it' [Acts 5:38,39].) Right! He said, 'So what? Don't worry about it!' That's what Gamaliel was saying! 'So what! Don't worry about these people! If it be of man, it will come to naught! If it be of God, no man can stand against it, period!' Even if I die! Is that clear? "No matter what happens, even if I'm in Heaven, I want you to say, 'So what!' -- Which shows that you believe that God's work is going to go on anyhow! So when I die, so what! You're going to go right ahead doing what you're doing, and the Family will continue their great work, winning souls by the hundreds of thousands! Praise the Lord!" [174] |
