-God
Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life?
-Matthew 16:26
Sadhu Sundar Singh was born into an Indian family of high caste. When he became a Christian and told his parents of his decision to follow Christ, they said, 'You have broken caste.' They immediately banished him from their home.
It was the wet season, and the rain was coming down hard as he left his home, clad in only his insubstantial Indian robes. He sat under a nearby tree all night, soaked to the skin. He said that he felt so radiantly happy, however, that he forgot any physical discomfort. He had the freedom to travel throughout the region telling the Gospel story.
He became known as the apostle of India. Once he went into Tibet, where he was arrested, put into a pit, and branded with irons. He bore those scars the rest of his life. While speaking in England, he said, 'I am going back to do what I have done. I am quite aware of the cost.' Sometime after his return to India, he disappeared and appears to have suffered a martyr's death.
Singh willingly moved from 'high caste' in India into a 'servent's caste'. Why? Because he believed that the best life this world has to offer could not compare to the promise of eternity in God's presence. Where will you spend eternity?