There are just a few books I have bothered to read more than once. God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew is one of them.
God’s Smuggler was first published in 1967 and has since sold over ten million copies. By comparison’s sake, the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown sold a little over five million copies and was on the New York Time’s Best Seller’s list for two years. So, as you can see, 10,000,000 copies is a mega-monster, smash-hit book.
Why has it remained so popular for forty-two years? The answer is simple: the book is an inspirational master-piece for us ordinary believers who dream about doing extraordinary works for God.
The hero of the book, Brother Andrew, is a Dutchman without much education and little money. After he gives his life to the Lord, he believes the Lord has called him to be a missionary. His mission field: the Communist countries behind the Iron Curtain.
Now, you must remember that during the 1950’s and 60’s, the Communist countries of Romania, Yugoslavia, Poland, Albania, Russia, Hungary and others were repressive ant-Christian countries. The governments imprisoned people who smuggled evangelistic pamphlets and Bible into their nations.
And yet, Brother Andrew was able to successfully smuggle millions of Bibles into the Iron Curtain countries. He succeeded without always knowing who his Christian contacts would be or what city they were in. He did it under the searching eyes of secret police and soldiers. His KGB file was over one hundred and fifty pages long, and yet, they could not stop him.
He prayed this prayer when guards were ready to search his auto: “Lord, in my luggage I have Scripture I want to take to Your children. When You were on earth, You made blind eyes see. Now, I pray, make seeing eyes blind. Do not let the guards see those things You do not want them to see.” And they never did.
For myself, I like to randomly open the book up and read a few pages every now and then. When I do, I’m blessed.
If you need to be inspired, read it. You can buy it here, here and even used here.
If you want to know more about Brother Andrew and his Open Doors ministry, go here.
Larry Who 