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Not Bound
“Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the Word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you” (2 Thessalonians 3:1).
I recently read a biography of John Williams, who was a pioneer missionary to the South Sea Islands. When John arrived by ship on the island of Manu’a, the most easterly of the islands of Samoa, he found many believers. He was surprised because, as far as he knew, no foreign missionary had ever been there. He soon learned that some native Christians from Raivavae, located among the Astral Islands, about three hundred miles away, had been driven off course in their canoes several years before. After three months of drifting aimlessly, twenty of them died, and a few reached Manu’a, bringing the gospel with them.
This account made me think of the verse, “The Word of God is not bound” (2 Timothy 2:9). The Apostle Paul was thankful that, even though he was in prison, the Word was still going out in various ways. Earlier, he had asked the believers in Thessalonica to pray for blessing on the gospel as it went out. We can do the same, knowing that God still works in what seem like strange and wonderful ways.
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