GOD’S SOVEREIGN PURPOSE
William Carey, the father of modern missions . . . faced a ministry disappointment of overwhelming proportions. Only by resting in God’s sovereign purposes was he, like Habakkuk, able to endure and not burn out. Carey began his missionary career to India in 1793. He labored in that country for forty continuous years, never once returning to his native England. Carey was a brilliant linguist, translating portions of Scripture into over a dozen Indian languages. One afternoon after twenty years of plodding labor in that country, all of his work went up in smoke. A fire raged through his printing plant and warehouse. All of his printing equipment was destroyed, but most tragically, many of his precious manuscripts were completely consumed by the fire. Of course, Carey had no computer back-up files or Xerox masters. Twenty years of non-stop labor were gone within a few hours. How would he respond to this crushing devastation? Listen to the words which Carey wrote…
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