Do What You Can | Pray for India

Doctor Boris Kornfeld, a Jewish surgeon, was imprisoned in Siberia where he treated both staff and prisoners. There he met a Christian whose daily reciting of The Lord’s Prayer, had a profound impact on him.

One day while repairing the slashed artery of a guard, he seriously considered suturing it, so that the guard would die slowly of internal bleeding. His thoughts so shocked him that he found himself praying, “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those that trespass against us.” After that, he refused to obey any inhumane, immoral, prison camp rule, even though doing so, could cost his life.

One afternoon, while examining a patient who’d undergone an operation, Kornfeld saw in the man’s eyes such a depth of spiritual misery, that he told him his entire story, including his secret faith in Christ. That night Boris Kornfeld was murdered as he slept.

But his testimony wasn’t in vain. The patient who heard it became a Christian as a result. That patient’s name was Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Nobel Laureate, whose writings exposed the horrors of Russian prison camps and ultimately saved the lives of multitudes.

It’s a mistake to do nothing, because you can only do a little! Greatness seldom ever seems great at the time. Usually it’s just when you seize the moment, and do the best you can with what God’s given you. What has He given you to work with today? Put it out there, and see what happens!