Psalm 119:143 (NIV)
143 Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your
commands give me delight.
Here King David means, "Lord, let the word of truth
be always in my mouth; let me have the wisdom and courage which are necessary
to enable me both to use my knowledge for the instruction of others, and, like
the good householder, to bring out of my treasury things new and old, and to
make profession of my faith whenever I am called to it.” [Matthew Henry]
Prolific children's author George Koshy spent three years
writing a children's Bible, the first of its kind to be originated in any
Indian language. When a local publisher rejected it, Koshy filed the manuscript
in his cupboard.
Two years later, the same publisher decided to publish
it. George opened the cupboard and discovered only shreds—mice had eaten his
manuscript! For the next two years, he worked day and night to recreate the
manuscript.
[For Christmas in 2009], Samaritan's Purse distributed
58,000 copies of this Bible in Kerala, India. Recently, George learned that two
Hindu children became Christians and now attend church after reading a copy.
"This is a product of much pain," Koshy says, trusting God for
additional eternal results.
[Used by permission from Media Associates International
(MAI), a missions organization that "equips and nurtures talented men and
women with a passion for producing Christian literature for their own
people."]
Thee commands or words of God are powerful and they can
bring comfort and knowledge when a person is in distress. Sometimes we see so
little the work that goes into ministering to others, but the results that come
from that work are exponentially greater.
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