This is a hand-me-down story I caught at Christ in Youth. I don't know whether it is true or not; either way, its implications are staggering. It really made an impact on me, so I would like to show it to you. Hopefully you will find yourself challenged as I did.

Two young girls in China approached their underground church and told them, "God is telling us to go to the southern Chinese islands and tell the people there about Jesus." The leaders' jaws dropped. "There are no Christians there! The two of you will need preparation, training, help." "No," they said. "God is telling us to go alone and to go now." Yet the leaders remained indignant. The idea was ignorant, certainly not from God! But the girls went ahead, following God despite the leaders' lack of consent. Three years later the girls returned home, and reluctantly reported to the entire congregation, "We've only brought 3,000 Chinese to Jesus, and we've only created 30 churches. Amazed, the leaders demanded, "ONLY 3,000? ONLY 30 churches?! How in the world did you DO it???" They humbly replied, "Every morning, we woke up, read Scriptures, prayed and listened to God, and did all that he laid on our hearts to do."

When God lays something on your heart, FOLLOW IT.