Stay
Christianity came to Namibia 200 years ago.
I met a Pastor yesterday who told me how there had been 10 attempts at trying to plant a church but it was the 11th time that it was successful. The planting was done by 4 female Finnish missionaries who when their Missions board had asked them to return because of the civil war they pretended they hadn’t got the message and stayed!
Now being a Missions Director I would obviously state that missionaries should always obey their Mission boards etc!
But isn’t it wonderful that they didn’t?!
They stayed.
Take a look at 2 Samuel 23: 11-12.
One of David’s mighty men was called Shammah.
He stayed.
Every year the Philistines would come and loot the land and strike fear into the people of Israel.
All that had been produced was taken.
But not this year.
Shammah stood his ground. He stayed.
Know this that the enemy of your life wants to strike fear into you.
He wants to frustrate you. To rob you of what you have produced.
He wants to disappoint you so that you remove yourself from your appointment that God has given you.
It needs someone to stay.
Just stay awhile longer. When you want to quit, move back, slow down, at that point, don’t. Stay and see what happens.
You will see that God is with you. God will defend you and God will bring you through.
Stay.
Missions Paul 