Bright Lights

In the darkest of nights, God’s promises are the brightest of lights.

Adoniram Judson was the first missionary to India. Upon arrival to Burma, he started witnessing, started church services, and did all he could do, but to no avail. For seven years, he preached in Burma with not one convert. By many standards he was a failure. In fact, he was thrown in jail and while in jail, his wife was shipped back to America.

In that Burmese prison with thirty-two pounds of chains on him and a Burmese prisoner next to him, he could have justified giving up in his own mind. But rather than give up, he remained faithful. When his fellow prisoner asked him what he thought of the prospect of the conversion of the heathen, he replied, “The prospects are just as bright as the promises of God.” By the time Judson left Burma, there were over ten thousand people who had trusted Christ and dozens of churches that had been started, all because a man passed the test of faithfulness.

Even when things looked grim, Adoniram Judson believed that God would keep the promises made in His Word.

Source: Daily in the Word, June 1, 2008