If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?

I'll go anywhere as long as it's forward.

If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?

There is a Ruler above, and His Providence guides all things. He is our Friend and has plenty of work for all His people to do. It is such a blessing and a privilege to be led into His work instead of into the service of the hard taskmasters - the Devil and sin.

People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege.

I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.

Shall I tell you what supported me through all those years of exile among a people whose language I could not understand and whose attitude towards me we always uncertain and often hostile? It was this: "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world".