Hello, my name is Godson Moses.
I’m from Nigeria. As a kid, I had always thought about missionary work to be something foreigners engage in. It’s a white man’s thing, and we read of it in stories, mission stories, and we hear about it on Sabbath. Every Sabbath we had mission stories. I never knew something an average man or average Christian can engage in until I met Christ.
My experience, difficulties in life, the habits I was struggling with, and addictions left me with a state of hopelessness. I needed someone to help me. I didn’t know who to talk to, where to go to, until God gave me an offer that He could help me.
When I gave my life to Christ, I saw how much He helped me to overcome my habits, and that gave me hope. I saw, for once, something Jesus could do that no one else could do. Even my parents couldn’t do it. That gave me the springboard, the joy to share.
The script, where to begin, where to end, I didn’t know all about scripting, scripting evangelism, or scripting Bible studies. I had this summary of a point, which is, God can save you from any sin. I think that’s what mission work is about. That’s evangelism.
The first time I had the opportunity to talk about Christ, I could say I was afraid. Being timid, naturally, and an introvert, I had this difficulty of where to begin, how to say it, and that was what I struggled with too much. In fact, one day, I remember we had the opportunity of sharing some books, Desire of Ages, Great Controversy, and some health magazines in school, university environment, and all the arrangements had been made.
But fear, the night before, fear gripped me. I was so afraid that that night, I went down on my knees, and I told God, I was talking to God, I need help. A lot depended on me, because people saw me as someone who could champion the cause, but they never knew there was a fear, humanly speaking, behind it.
I remember praying, and God brought 2 Timothy 1 vs 7. That was a text that gave me a breakthrough, where it says, “God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and a sound mind.” Power meaning strength, love meaning I want to help, I want to bless. That motivation, and then sound mind means I don’t need to be afraid, and let fear grip me. God gave some, and that helped me in my prayer that night.
The next day, we went to the university staff, the senior staff, met the university librarian, university medical director, met the university pharmacist, and talked to people, and it was a cheerful moment. But all thanks to God, I can still remember, it was in the night that the struggle to do that work was won. That struggle was won through faith.
My best moments are the moments I overcome my fears, and do the work of God, and then I see people happy, see people resonate to the truth, which sets them free.
My encouragement to every young person is, don’t look at yourself. I often imagine myself as an angel is by my side, and that’s borrowed from Matthew 28, where God says, “I will be with you even to the end of the age.” So God is with every young person who makes up his or her mind to do God’s work. The right thoughts, the right impulses, the right expressions will come from God, so long as your mind is to bless, is to help.
So, I pray God helps us. Amen.
