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by George Muller
I was asking the petition, I was ful ly aware what I was doing, i.e., that I was asking for something which I had no natural prospect of obtaining from the brethren whom I knew but which was not too much for the Lord to grant. On December 10 1 received a let ter in which a brother and sister wrote thus: “We propose ourselves for the service of the intended or phan-house if you think us quali fied for it; also to give up all the furniture, etc., which the Lord has given us, for its use; and to do this without receiving any salary what ever, believing that if it be the will of the Lord to employ us, He will supply all our needs.” In mid-December I was rather cast down about the matter ques tioning whether I ought to be en gaged in this way and was led to ask the Lord to give me some fur ther encouragement. Soon after were sent by a broth er two pieces of print, the one seven and the other 23% yards, 6% yards of calico, four pieces of lining, about four yards altogether, a sheet and a yard measure. Another brother brought a clotheshorse, three frocks, four pinafores, six handkerchiefs, three counterpanes, one blanket, two pewter salt cellars, six tin cups and six metal teaspoons; he also brought 3s. 6d. given to him by three different individuals. At the same time he told me that it had been put into the heart of an individual to send tomorrow £100. By June the whole sum of money was made up. To the glory of the Lord whose I am and whom I serve, I would state again that every shill ing of this money and all the arti cles of clothing and furniture which have been mentioned in the fore going, have been given to me with out one single individual having been asked by me for anything.
On December 5th, however, the subject of my prayer all at once became different. I was reading Psalm 81 and was particularly struck, more than at any time be fore, with verse 10: “ . . . open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.” I thought a few moments about these words and then was led to ap ply them to the case of the orphan- house. It struck me that I had never asked the Lord for anything concerning it, except to know His will, respecting its being established or not; and I then fell on my knees and opened my mouth wide, asking Him for much. I asked in submission to His will and without fixing a time when He Your Prayer Requests Each morning at eight the editorial staff of T he K ing ’ s B usiness magazine gathers for prayer. Over the years God has answered the heartcry of thousands. Should you have a request w e would count it a privilege to take it to the throne of grace. Your request will he held in the strictest confidence. Address: The Editors, T he K ing ’ s B usiness , 55 8 So. Hope St., Los Angeles 17, Calif. should answer my petition. I prayed that He would give me a house, i.e., either as a loan or that someone might be led to pay the rent for one or that one might be given permanently for this object; further, I asked Him for £1000 and likewise for suitable individuals to take care of the children. Besides this, I have been since led to ask the Lord to put into the hearts of His people to send me arti cles of furniture for the house and some clothes for the children. When
or my fellow-laborers whereby it may be seen, that God is faithful still and hears prayer still. That I was not mistaken has been abundantly proved since November, 1835, both by the conversion of many sinners who have read the accounts which have been published in connection with this work, and also by the abundance of fruit that has followed in the hearts of the saints, for which from my inmost soul I desire to be grateful to God, and the honor and glory of which not only is due to Him alone hut, which I, by His help am enabled to ascribe to Him. When of late, the thoughts of es tablishing an orphan-house in de pendence upon the Lord revived in my mind, during the first two weeks I only prayed that if it were of the Lord, He would bring it about but if not that He graciously would be pleased to take all thoughts about it out of mind. My uncertainty about knowing the Lord’s mind did not arise from questioning whether it would be pleasing in His sight, that there should be an abode and scriptural education provided for destitute fatherless and motherless children, but whether it were His will that I should be the instrument of set ting such an object on foot as my hands were already more than filled. My comfort, however, was that if it were His will, He would provide not merely the means but also suit able individuals to take care of the children, so that my part of the work would take only such a por tion of my time as, considering the importance of the matter, I might give notwithstanding my many oth er engagements. The whole of those two weeks I never asked the Lord for money or for persons to engage in the work.
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APRIL 1957
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