Christian Story: The Making Of A Missionary
There live a man called Doctor Frank, he was a good Christian, and a professional medical doctor in a big city, he was prosperous and live a happy life, he was a single doctor who was not married.
Why he was planning to start his own medical center, one day he had a dream of God calling him to an interior village in his country. He woke up and thought the dream is as usual as others.
On his way to work as usual, he went to a shop near the hospital to get food to eat for the morning, why he was there in the shop, the owner of the store who was a lady saw him and screamed. She said I saw you yesterday in my dream, in a village preaching the Gospel, and she asked the doctor are you a missionary?, the doctor said I am a medical doctor and not a missionary. He left the shop but kept the words in his heart.
When Dr frank God home, he was confused, because base on his plans he is to start the building of his clinic center.
Dr frank was worried, and he went to seek the face of God, by going on a retreat.
Why he was praying, he had a dream from God, An old man appeared to his, and told his not to worry or to fear about the future, the man told him he would found his clinic but not in the town, the man told him he should go to that village he saw in his dream, that God has giving him an assignment there as a missionary.
Dr frank woke up from the dream, he went to his office and resign from the hospital as a doctor. He made inquiry about the village he was sent to, he discovered that bus from the town go to the village once in a month, Dr Frank made plans to travel to the village, the next time bus is going to the village.
On the day as planned he went to the village with many drugs, bibles and clothing. He got to the village, the village was so remote, he meet the king of the village, and told the king he is a medical Doctor.
The king was so happy, and the king said the village lack good hospital. The king said, the hospital in the village is dilapidated and poor, no good doctors and medical equipment there. Dr Frank built in the village a clinic affordable for the villagers, because of the good clinic he built. The King and the villagers accepted the Gospel, and gave Dr Frank free land to establish a community church, even the land the clinic of Dr Frank was is giving to him for free.
The Community Church grew very fast, Dr Frank was so happy he obeyed God by going to the village.
Dr Frank got married in that village, he lived in the village happily, he even sponsor some of the youth in the village to go to the town to complete their education. Because of the level of development Dr frank has brought to the community, light came into the village.
The government of that village brought good government school in that village and also brought electrical power supply in the village.
Lesson: Obeying God is not just about you but about Others.
Written by Onyeka Jesusboy
(Editor At Tabernacle Channel )