Day 9- Jesus Arrested Us

Some years  ago  in   the  American  school, I  taught

children from the  Royal   family  of Bhutan.

They  were  great  kids and  applied  themselves 

wholeheartedly to their  studies, respectful  towards

elders  and   disciplined  ( I never  had  to  put  them on

detention).

These  stamps  were a  gift

from one  of  them.

They  are  rare   stamps worth quite

a  bit,  I  should  imagine.

Bhutan  is  a  small  land locked Himalayan  kingdom

in the  north east  of  India.

Till  1949 it  was  completely isolated  and 

closed  to regions  beyond its  bordeers.

The  present  ruler  of Bhutan is more  open

to the outside  world  and  is  leading  his  people  towards

modernisation  and  progress.

You can  read  more  about  Bhutan at this

OPERATION WORLD LINK.

I reason I  am  telling you  this  is  because 

I want  to  share  a   mission  story with  you

from a  land  which   is  opposed  to the  Gospel.

Buddhism is  the  official religion of Bhutan.

Public  worship  and propagation of  Christianity

is illegal. There  are  a  few  Christians  there  but  they 

can only  pray  as a  family. Meeting  with  other  believers

is prohibited.

An  Indian Christian couple  living  in Bhutan  was  holding

secret meetings. They  were  very  cautious  to  change  the

venue each week and  maintain  secrecy.

One day  they  showed  a film about Jesus

to a  small  group of  people  behind  closed  doors.

When the  film  ended two strong impressive   looking

men  stood  up and  declared that  they were police  officers

and had  come to  arrest  them.

The  Indian couple and  their  friends  were  stunned and  didn' t  know how  to respond.

But the  two officers told them  not  to fear.

"We  had  come  here  to arrest  you",they  said,

"But  Jesus has  arrested us."

The men responded   in faith to  the  message  of Christ

which they heard  for  the  very first  time

in  their  lives .

We  are  told  that  they  are  now  sharing  the  love  of  God

among  their  people.

This  is  God' s  work. In infallible  proof that  He 

lives  and  moves  and   interacts  with  us.

After  you  read  this do  pray  for  the  tiny

country  of Bhutan  and  its unreached people.

My words...will not return to me empty,

but will accomplish what I desire and   achieve  the purpose

for which i sent it.

Isaiah 55;11