At present your plenty should supply their need, and then at some future date their plenty may supply your need. We would store our goods in heaven, share what the Lord gave us as long as we had it, and trust him literally for the future, in accord with the principles Paul set forth to the Corinthians: “It is a matter of share and share alike. He and I had agreed long before that we wanted no insurance. Somerset Maugham, in Of Human Bondage, wrote, “These old folk had done nothing, and when they died it would be just as if they had never been.” Jim’s comment on this was, “God deliver me!” When he died, Jim left little of value, as the world regards values. Two days later, on Sunday, January 8, 1956, the men for whom Jim Elliot had prayed for six years killed him and his four companions. Suffice it to say that on Friday the thrill of Jim’s lifetime was given. All that we know of those four days is told elsewhere. Your lover, Jim.”Īs far as I know, these were the last words Jim wrote. Jacket flap.“We’re going down now, pistols, gifts, novelties in our pockets, prayer in our hearts.-All for now. This gripping story of a life ignited by spiritual commitment will kindle within your own spirit a burning desire to enter fully and passionately into the adventure of faith. Weaving together first-person accounts from friends with revealing excerpts from Jim's own journals and personal letters, Elisabeth Elliot has crafted a stirring account of a man whose legacy will endure longer than he could have imagined.
He saw himself not as a hero but merely as a faithful servant, willing not only to die for Christ but, more important, to live boldly for God during whatever time he was given. From his early days of passionately "preaching" to childhood friends in Oregon to his attending Wheaton College without knowing where the tuition money would come from, Jim's youthful exuberance for the things of God demonstrated that his was no halfhearted faith but a single-minded commitment to "be an exhibit to the value of knowing God." Through his years of preparation and early days of testing on the mission field, right up to the day of his death, each facet of Jim's story radiantly reflects his bold certainty that his life rested solely in the hands of the Almighty. In this best-selling modern classic Elisabeth Elliot relates the story of her husband's short but remarkable life. But more incredible than his death is the story of Jim Elliot's life - a story of full-throttle faith and fiery conviction. Countless people have been moved by the tragic story of how young Jim Elliot and his four friends were martyred in the Amazonian jungle in 1956 as they attempted to build a relationship with a remote tribe. This book is the modern Christian classic that has inspired millions.
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