COUNT NIKOLAUS LUDWIG VON ZINZENDORF (Part 2)

A Faith Tested at Sea

“I have had a trusting relationship with Jesus Christ for nearly forty years,” the count responded. “He speaks to me in the quiet of my soul when I pray before Him; and, this time, He assured me that the storm would end in two hours.” Amazed at Zinzendorf’s extraordinary faith, Captain Garrison accepted Christ as the Lord of his life soon afterwards, and began a friendship with the count that lasted a lifetime. For years to come, Garrison served as the captain of the Moravian missionary ship that transported Zinzendorf’s missionaries to foreign lands throughout the world.

I Have but One Passion

“I have but one passion – it is He; it is He alone.” – Count Zinzendorf

Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf was a European nobleman well-known to the regal heads of eighteenth-century Europe. Destined by birth to live a life of privilege and luxury in the courts of Saxony (Germany), he chose instead to dedicate all of his expansive influence and wealth to the glory of his Saviour, Jesus Christ. Rather than making his mark in his native country alone, Zinzendorf changed lives for eternity in the farthest corners of the world through his missionary vision.

The World Is the Field

Throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the East and West Indies, and South America, from the southern tip of Africa to the arctic shores of Greenland, the name of Christ was extolled by the missionaries sent out under Zinzendorf’s leadership. Eventually embarking on foreign journeys himself, Zinzendorf proclaimed, “The world is the field and the field is the world; and, henceforth, that country shall be my home where I can be most used in winning souls for Christ.”

To be continued…

Tale Tuesday 095

Date:   10th September, 2024
Title: :  COUNT NIKOLAUS LUDWIG VON ZINZENDORF  (Part 2)
Source:  God’s generals- The Missionaries
Author: Roberts Liardon