October 27, Possible with God.

I have other sheep that are not of this fold.

I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice, John 1016.

God has a people in every people group in the world.

He will call them through the gospel with creator power, and they will believe.

What a power is in these words for overcoming discouragement in the hard places of the frontiers.

The story of Peter Cameron Scott is a good illustration.

Born in Glasgow, 1867, Scott became the founder of the Africa Inland Mission.

But his beginnings in Africa were anything but auspicious.

His first trip to Africa ended in a severe attack of malaria that sent him home.

He resolved to return after he recuperated.

This return was especially gratifying to him because this time his brother John joined him.

But before long, John was struck down by fever.

All alone, Peter buried his brother in African soil.

And in the agony of those days, recommitted himself to preach the gospel

in Africa. Yet his health gave way again and he had to return to England. How would he ever

pull out of the desolation and depression of those days?

He had pledged himself to God, but where could he find the strength to go back to Africa?

With man, it is impossible.

He found the strength in Westminster Abbey. David Livingstone's tomb is still there.

Scott entered quietly, found the tomb, and knelt in front of it to pray.

The inscription reads,

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