A
distinguished Indian evangelist named Sadhu Chellappa was on a mission trip to
a village north of Madras, when in the middle of the night he suddenly sensed
God speaking to him: "Leave this house quickly and run away!"
Not
exactly a convenient thing to do. But Chellappa was accustomed to accepting
even strange instructions from the Lord without debate, so he dressed quickly
and ran into the darkness.
After a
while, he was in open country. As he passed beneath a large tree, he felt God
tell him, "Stay here and start to preach!" Now, even for an
experienced evangelist, this was puzzling--because there was no one to be seen.
Why did God want him to preach to an empty field in the middle of the night?
But he stopped under the tree and began to preach the gospel.
Finally,
he reached the point at which he called on his unseen listeners to give their
lives to Jesus. He was surprised to hear a voice from the top of the tree and
see a man climb down, crying. The man tearfully gave his life to Jesus. When
Chellappa asked why he was in a tree out in the middle of nowhere, the man
admitted, "I came out here to hang myself."
How is
your obedience quotient? God calls us to be obedient to that small voice inside
that can direct us to sometimes do strange things. Jesus was obedient in ALL
things. "For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were
made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be
made righteous" (Rom 5:19). God can do exceedingly great things through
one man or woman who is willing to be obedient to God's voice. Ask for His
grace today to be obedient to His voice.
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