Thought I would share something my mama read this morning written by an American missionary. Her husband and four other young husband were killed by the tribe God sent them to with the gospel. They each left behind a wife and young children. Two of those wives and their children went to that same tribe not long after to finish what their husbands had attempted and God protected them. The very men who had speared their husbands received the gospel and testified they had seen angels hovering over their dead bodies. The wives lived among them for some years working to translate a Bible in their language.
This is from a devotional of one of those wives.
The Danger of Not Knowing God...
We are meant to be witnesses for God - people who have seen and known Him and are willing to speak of what they see and know. Sometimes there is danger for such people - as in Russia, where it can mean forced labor, banishment, death. In China in the early 1930s a missionary couple were captured by Chinese Communists and marched through the streets of the village to a chopping block where each was beheaded. If they had been willing to recant their Christian faith, their lives would have been spared. Given their commitment to Christ, such a choice was unthinkable. They placed not only their lives but the life of their baby in the hands of God, confident that God could protect them if He chose, and if He chose not to, it was safer to be in those hands than anywhere else in the universe. Like thousands of Christians before them, they preferred the sword to disobedience, believing that the danger of not knowing God is infinitely greater than any other danger.
Lord, be our Sun and Shield. Shine on us, protect us as we seek to live and witness to your truth. Forgive those of us who have never faced lions, fire, or sword because of our faith for our fears of petty loss. Remind us that it is in losing ourselves that we find You.
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