[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] FW: [CWWC] AM I WORTHY

[Michael Moore]

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AM I WORTHY?


Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
<https://link.biblegateway.com/click/25647448.2041/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmlibGVnY
XRld2F5LmNvbS9wYXNzYWdlLz9zZWFyY2g9TWF0dC4xMC4zOA/5ef562bd10222374f46b6174B2
27c533f> Matthew 10:38

Helen Roseveare was an elderly missionary to Congo, Africa when I was still
very young. I remember her holding the audience of ten thousand university
students spell-bound and then in tears at Urbana '76. Her life story is a
testimony to the grace of God portrayed in the 1989 movie, Mama Luka Comes
Home.

She is often asked by young people what she suffered for Jesus. Her simple
answer is, "During the Simba uprising in the Congo, I was raped twice.
Government soldiers came to my bungalow, ransacked it, and then grabbed me.
I was beaten and savagely kicked, losing my back teeth through the boot of a
rebel soldier. They broke my glasses, so I could not see to protect myself
from the next blow.

"Then one at a time, two army officers took me to my own bedroom and raped
me. They dragged me out into a clearing, tied me to a tree, and stood around
laughing. And while I was there, beaten and humiliated and violated, someone
brought out the only existing hand-written manuscript of a book I had been
writing about God's work in the Congo over an eleven-year period. They put
it on the ground in front of me and burned it.

"I asked myself, Was it worth it? Eleven years of my life poured out in
selfless service for the African people and now this? The minute I expressed
that, God's Holy Spirit settled over that terrible scene and He began to
speak to me."

'"My daughter, the question is not "Is it worth it?" The question is, "Am I
worthy?" Am I, the Lord Jesus who gave His life for you, worthy for you to
make this kind of sacrifice for Me.' And God broke my heart," Helen
continues. "I looked up and I said, 'Oh Lord Jesus, yes, it is worth it, for
You are worthy!'" She concludes, "When you ask the right question, you'll
always know that He is absolutely worthy of anything you can give Him or do
for Him!"

Phil Callaway of SERVANT magazine once asked her, "Did you ever struggle to
forgive those men?"

"No," she replied. "There was no sense of bitterness or even anger. I was
overwhelmed by the sense that God was graciously using me in His purpose.
All He asked of me was the loan of my body. The consequences were His. A
year later when I returned to Congo and met the man who had humiliated me, I
realized that I did carry some resentment and I wasn't sure I had forgiven
him. But God led me to accept from Him the forgiveness that only God can
give, and He gave me His peace again."[1]

Helen returned to Congo after all the above and continued her life of
service for Jesus among the African people.

RESPONSE: Today I will ask the right question, "Is Jesus worthy of the
sacrifices He asks me to make?" Then I will answer affirmatively and take up
my cross and follow Him!

PRAYER: Thank You Lord for the wonderful trophies of grace, like Helen
Rosevere, who encourage us in our walk with You who are truly worthy.

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