A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP

“I lay down and slept; awoke, for the Lord sustained me. I will not be afraid of ten-thousands of people Who have set themselves against me all around,” Psalm 3:5-6 NKJV. I’ve had a few detractors over a lifetime, but never have I had “ten-thousands of people” set against me! But David was not losing sleep over it. The safest place in the world is to confidently be in the will of God. The day before we were to open the first evangelical bible school in the Soviet Union I was in a private home and had three separate groups of visitors in one day. The first, was the local KGB officer in Jelgava, Latvia. Later, a much more powerful KGB executive from the region came to see me. Finally, an entire entourage of cars filled with men in suits from the capitol arrived to deliver the same message: “It is STRICTLY FORBBIDEN” to open this Bible School!” I was afraid but confident we had God’s blessing and we opened the next day. From that school, hundreds of pastors went forth and untold millions came to Jesus across the Soviet Union. LORD, grant me the courage to remain ever obedient to Your Will.