Have you heard or read this story before? It’s an African parable by Emmaus-Katigamu. I first heard it in 1978 at a large mission conference in the Netherlands, specifically focusing on the call to mission. Especially nowadays, I can’t think of my ministry without this story popping to the forefront of my mind.
Bitter-sweet – but I can’t see another path, and no example in the Bible affords one. Whether Joseph (13 years in slavery and prison), Moses (40 years on the backside of the desert), David (14 years on the run, living in caves) or Paul (sent home to cool off for a couple years before going out on his first missionary journey)… All were processed.
The Apostle was able to write:
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us… Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. – 2 Corinthians 4:7, 16
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