Martin Luther Be Like
I heard many news about the persecutions of missionaries all over the world. They were persecuted for what they believed in, laying their lives to the person they worship and love. The famous persecutors are the Isis in 21st century for they believed if they will kill they will have merits in heaven as what their Allah said. One news that I heard was from Mindanao and I was not Christian yet. They were  American couples, the Muslims captured them both when they were in their room in the middle of the night to make the story short the man was able to tell them the gospel because they were captured for a long time due to the transaction of money but still in the end the man got killed and his wife was release. After a year the wife came back to Mindanao to minister to the people even after all what had happened to her and to her husband. For other people it is nonsense because of the thinking that why do we need to suffer for others, why do we need to love others if they can cause us pain and why do we lay down our lives to God if we cherish it the most. But for Martin Luther giving his life to God and surrendering everything to God were all worth it. He was really a brave person who stand up for his belief and those missionaries that were killed because they did not recant were also brave just like  Martin. and hopefully God will rise up another generation just as Justin Martyr and other martyrs. In these days finding that courage is very rare because their are many good opportunities a person can have and it grabs the hearts of the people to listen to God's calling in their lives. people are more focus on the physical satisfaction than to spiritual one. Martin's life was a good demonstration of a brave faith that all believers should imitate.
Having that courage is available if you make yourself available also for the work of God. Standing on our faith is hard but to neglect and set aside our faith for the sake of our lives is foolish.