Are you familiar with the story of David Livingstone? He was an English physician who chose going to Africa – to explore and open the continent for Christian missionaries – instead of a lucrative career at home. The price was huge. He never became rich. He was mauled by a lion, leaving him with a crippled arm. He suffered tropical diseases and was away from his family for long periods.

The English journalist Henry Stanley traveled to Africa to see if he could find what had happened to David Livingstone and write about it. After Stanley located Livingstone he asked him about the sacrifices he had made. Dr. Livingstone responded by saying, “Sacrifices? I never made a sacrifice in all my life.”

God had done something supernatural in Livingstone’s life, giving him something better than money and fame. God satisfied his soul and made him happy.