Robert Moffat
"Keep on sowing your seed, for you never know which will
grow - perhaps it all will" (Ecclesiastes 11:6, TLB).
When Robert Moffat, Scottish missionary to South Africa,
came home to recruit helpers in his homeland, he was greeted
by the fury of a cold British winter. Arriving at the church
where he was to speak, he noted that only a small group had
braved the elements to hear his appeal. What disturbed him
even more was that there were only ladies in attendance that
night, for he had chosen as his text, "Unto you, O men, I
call" (Proverbs 8:4).
When he gave his appeal that night, nobody answered the call
or volunteered for missionary service. But what Moffat
almost didn't see was a small boy in the loft who had come
to work the bellows of the organ and he was greatly
challenged by the message.
Deciding that he would follow in the footsteps of this
pioneer missionary, he went on to school, obtained a degree
in medicine, and then spent the rest of his life ministering
to the unreached tribes of Africa. His name? David
Livingstone!**
Suggested prayer: Dear God, please help me not to become
discouraged when I see little or no results, but just keep
faithfully serving you no matter what. Gratefully, in Jesus'
name. Amen."
by Dick Innes, Daily Encounter www.actsweb.org/detoday . Used by permission.