"Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He
shall bring it to pass" (Psalm 37:5, NKJV).
Late one evening a professor sat at his desk working on the
next day's lectures. He shuffled through the papers and
mail placed there by his housekeeper. He began to throw
them in the wastebasket when one magazine--not even
addressed to him but delivered to his office by
mistake--fell open to an article titled, "The Needs of the
Congo Mission."
The professor began reading it idly, but then was consumed
by these words: "The need is great here. We have no one to
work the northern province of Gabon in the central Congo.
And it is my prayer as I write this article that God will
lay His hand on one--one on whom, already, the Master's
eyes have been cast--that he or she shall be called to this
place to help us." The professor closed the magazine and
wrote in his diary: "My search is over."1
He gave himself to the Congo. His name? Albert Schweitzer!
If you know about the marvelous missionary service done by
Albert Schweitzer, you will realize that it was no accident
that this magazine was delivered to Schweitzer's mailbox
"by mistake" and then fell open at the article, "The Needs
of the Congo Mission," as he was about to throw it in the
trash.
Over and over again each of us who are committed to
following Christ in our daily life can also testify to
God's appointments in our life. And as we look back over
the past, we can trace the footprints of God leading and
guiding every step of the way. And they will keep doing so
until the end of life's journey and we meet Jesus face to
face and hear his, "Welcome home, good and faithful
servant."
Suggested prayer: "Dear God, thank you that my life is in
your hands, and that you lead and guide me every step of
the way when I daily commit and trust my life and way to
you. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer.
Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."
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1. Leadership, Vol. 12 No. 3.
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