Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Persistent Praying - More From G. Muller

George Muller was a man of the WORD, a man of PRAYER, and a man of great FAITH! What an irresistible combination! What God-glorifying characters! We praise God for a man like George Muller. Let us glean some wisdom from this godly man about God's faithfulness in answering persistent prayers.

A year before George Muller died, he was asked if he had always found the Lord to be faithful to His promises. This was Muller's reply:

Always. He has never failed me! For nearly seventy years, every need in connection with this work has been supplied. The orphans from the first until now have numbered ninety-five hundred, but they have never lacked a meal. Never! Hundreds of times we have begun the day without a penny in hand, but our heavenly Father has sent supplies by the moment they were actually required. There never was a time when we had no wholesome meal. During all these years, I have been enabled to trust in God, in the living God, and in Him alone. One million, four hundred thousand pounds have been sent to me in answer to prayer. We have needed as much as fifty thousand pounds in one year, and it has all come by the time it has really been needed.

No man on earth can say that I have ever asked him for a penny. We have no committees, no collections, no voting, and no endowments. All has come in answer to believing prayer. My trust has been in God alone; He has many ways of moving the hearts of men all over the world to help us. While I am praying, He speaks to this one and another, on this continent and on that, to send us help.

Expect great things from God, and great things you will have. There is no limit to what He is able to do. Praise be forever to His glorious name! Praise Him for all! Praise Him for eveything. I have praised Him many times when He has sent me sixpence, and I have praised Him when He has sent me twelve thousand pounds.

The great point is never to give up until the answer comes....The great fault of the children of God is that they do not continue in prayer; they do not go on praying; they do not persevere. If they desire anything for God's glory, they should pray until they get it. Of, how good, kind, gracious, and generous is the One with whom we have to do!

I have met with many discouragements, but at all times my hope and confidence have been in God. On the word of Jehovah's promise has my soul rested. Oh, it is good to trust in Him; His Word never returns void (Isa. 55:11). He gives power to the faint, and to those who have no might He increases strength (Isa. 40:29).

From "Release the Power of Prayer" by George Muller. Published by Whitaker House Publishers.