"Greatest Reward" Man might sign your paycheck, but only God can give the reward! At what length will we go to live a life of service in God to others? Dr. David Livingstone, "Cannot the love of Christ carry the missionary where the slave-trade carries the trader? I shall open up a path to the interior or perish." Dr. David Livingstone died in Africa in 1872 at the young age of 44. Dr. David Livingstone went to Africa to share the truth with a people who lived under the power of superstition. Dr. David felt people should know there was sure life in the truth, a life not based on superstition. Dr. David so impacted the people of Africa, they cut his heart out so they could keep it with them, and sent his body back to England to be buried. The African people said, "You can have his body, but his heart belongs in Africa!" Dr. David Livingstone built real relationships with real people through a real love for Christ. A man wept at Dr. David's casket in England, he had never met Dr. David but said, this man lived his life great, I'm old and my time is soon and I haven't.
My God, help me surrender all that my life is lived to serve others for Your glory. God may I live with such impact that my heart be poured out and my body be sacrificed. In Jesus name. "Your faith makes you offer your lives as a sacrifice in serving God. If I have to offer my own blood with your sacrifice, I will be happy and full of joy with all of you. (Philippians 2:17 NCV)"
"If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all." Dr. David Livingstone
The reward comes to the life of a servant, for Gods glory.