Faithfulness Rewarded

A woman called up in a South Pacific nation and told me her story. When she was six years old, a neighbor from Australia invited her to Sunday school. Even though her mother said it wasn’t appropriate, she still listened when her neighbor told her about Jesus and showed her books with pictures. She loved it but didn’t make a commitment to Jesus.

Now she’s 40 years old, and has two children of her own. Our team came to her country a couple of years ago for an evangelistic festival. She heard God’s message over the radio: “Jesus loves all the people of the world, from every religion. Jesus died for the people of every religion.”

She called up the hotel where my son, Keith, I was staying and asked me questions about Jesus. Over the phone she opened her heart to Christ! The Bible study she had done with her neighbor years earlier as a girl had prepared her heart to receive Jesus – now in her 40’s.

That neighbor never knew that her faithfulness to a seven-year-old girl eventually led her to surrender her life to Christ so many years later.

What a great reminder to be faithful and reach out to others, even if we don’t see immediate results. God does deep things with the seeds we sow for Him in people’s hearts.

First Samuel 26 says, “The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and faithfulness.” And God will reward you for faithfully sharing the Good News. So do it! Do it today and every day.