George Washington Carver was an  African-American scientist who developed hundreds of products from the peanut. Dr Carver was also a humble servant of God who took every opportunity to speak to others about the Saviour he loved and served.

During the 1920s, members of the YMCA and the Commission on Interracial Cooperation asked Carver to address student audiences at colleges and universities. Carver spoke about the wonders of the natural world and the loving God who created the earth and all people.

As his goal for these meetings, Carver said he wanted the students to find Jesus and make him a daily, hourly, and ‘moment by moment’ part of their lives. “I want them to see the Great Creator in the smallest and apparently the most insignificant things about them.”

Dr Carver sought to follow the words of Paul to a young pastor: “A servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth” (2 Tim. 2:24-25). That approach underlines the power of the gospel and the appealing nature of a servant’s heart.

Let’s follow Carver’s example.

Witnessing isn’t just a job to be done, it’s a life to be lived.

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David C. McCasland

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