| George Mueller |
walk of faith is George Mueller. You can read more about him on Wikipedia, or just google him for tons more articles -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_M%C3%BCller
Mueller founded one of the first major orphanages in England in the 1800's. He dedicated his entire life to providing a safe place for the burgeoning population of 'street urchins', boys and girls who had no one to care for them and were left to fend for themselves in the mean and dirty streets of Bristol. This work grew exponentially over his 90+ years.
Mueller is most famous for his faith in God's power to provide on a daily basis all that the children needed for food, clothing, housing and education. He made it a point to not solicit financial aid from any government, institution or benefactor, but to commit himself to daily and hourly prayer, asking God to provide all that was needed.
It seems to have been a regular part of his life to be faced with no food in the pantry to feed the kids breakfast the next morning. His response was to simply go to prayer and to ask God to do another miracle. In all the many years of his life, without fail, someone would show up at the door, even as the kids sat down to empty plates on the tables and said Grace, with food or a donation of money.
This kind of faith moves me. I have never once in my life lacked food or clothing or shelter. My life is abundantly blessed. To have to depend on God to miraculously provide for the basics of life is so far not a part of my experience. Nonetheless, something in me wants to have that same kind of faith, and to experience that same kind of closeness to the Lord that He is supplying my needs in the moment, moment-by-moment, as I engage in doing the things that He wants done.
I am convinced that when we are doing what God wants done, He will move heaven and earth to make the way for us and to take care of us and all of those that we are reaching out to help in Jesus' Name.
What do YOU think?
God will provide. He is more than enough. He provides for His purposes. Unfortunately many in our day do not have this kind of faith. We went through a time where we did not ask for money (even though) we really needed it and God provided)
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