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After Many Days
Richard Wurmbrand (March 24, 1909-February 17, 2001), who suffered so much for Christ, and was the author of Tortured for Christ, was a hardened atheist, but God had his eye on him.
As the story goes there was an old carpenter up in the mountains of Romania who prayed: “My God, I have served you on earth and I wish to have my reward in heaven. But I wish my reward should be that I not die until I bring a Jew to Christ, because Jesus was from the Jewish people.”
One day. Richard was irresistibly drawn to the village where the carpenter lived, and where there was no other Jew residing. Seeing he was a Jew the carpenter befriended him, and spent hours praying for his salvation. He gave him a Bible, and never lost an opportunity to be kind and helpful. Eventually, Richard Wurmbrand was saved by the grace of God. The old carpenter had his wish and petition, and Wurmbrand went on to be mightily used of the Lord.
Maybe you are praying for someone you have been witnessing to. Don’t give up! The promise is: “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days” (Ecclesiastes 11:1).
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