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\u201cThe Lord lives!\u00a0 Blessed\u00a0<\/span>be<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>my Rock!\u00a0 Let the God of my salvation be exalted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>It is<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>God who avenges me, And subdues the peoples under me; He delivers me from my enemies.\u00a0 You also lift me up above those who rise against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.\u00a0Therefore, I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name.\u201d\u00a0 Psalms 18:46-49<\/p>\n

The Story of George Muller<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you ever heard of George Muller? Let me briefly share his story.\u00a0 George Muller founded the New Orphan-Houses in the UK during the 19th<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>Century.\u00a0 What makes his story remarkable and worth sharing is two reasons.\u00a0 First, is the reason why he established the homes for orphaned children the second is how he did it.<\/p>\n

All I\u2019m going to say is hold on to something tight while I tell you why he did it.\u00a0 He said there was one reason why he did it, but three different types of people that he saw that inspired him.\u00a0 First, he did it because he wanted to help Christians in 1835 see that God is the same yesterday, today and forever and will always help those who put their trust in him.\u00a0 As he looked around he saw that people no longer saw God as a living God and it crushed his spirit to see this.\u00a0 He described three different kinds of people in 1835.<\/p>\n

The first type of person he saw were those going into their retirement years and the thought of not being able to work caused them to fear that they would not have enough income to survive.\u00a0 The second type of people were those in business for themselves, but conducted business like unbelievers because they didn\u2019t believe they could compete with other businesses if they ran it according to the word of God.\u00a0 The last type were those individuals who worked for non-Christians but felt they couldn\u2019t do it because of the unethical things they would be supporting.<\/p>\n

A Poor Man Caring for over 10,000 Children Without Asking for Help!<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, how did he do it?\u00a0 He started an orphanage in 1836 and it grew to five separate houses and he ran them until he died in 1898 and he cared for over 10,000 children in that time.\u00a0 Let me quote him on how he did it \u201cif I, a poor man, simply by prayer and faith, obtained without asking any individual, the means for establishing and carrying on an Orphan-House, there would be something which, with the Lord\u2019s blessing, might be instrumental in strengthening the faith of the children of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

He documented the entire history as a testimony to God to show everyone that God is still alive today just as he was in the Bible.\u00a0 That He will give you everything you need to survive.\u00a0 You never have to resort to marketing schemes, retirement plans and faith based businesses for God to bless you.\u00a0 In fact, he believed if you did you simply didn\u2019t trust the Lord.<\/p>\n

His story is remarkable as people all over the world sent him money and provided exactly what he needed for over forty years without him ever asking for it.\u00a0 They were simply moved by God to help him as he prayed.<\/p>\n

Waiting Involves Seeking, Praying and Not Moving Until You Have His Answer<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is important because so many of us say we believe in God, but our actions show we are doing all the work.\u00a0 This Psalm states that I will give thanks to the Lord because it is He who delivers me, avenges me and subdues others under me.\u00a0 The word avenge is actually the word to give or hand over to me.\u00a0 Isaiah 40:31 says, they that wait on the Lord renew their strength.\u00a0 When we take actions into our own hands we are not waiting, at the same time waiting is not sitting there either.\u00a0 Waiting involves seeking God and praying for His wisdom and understanding.\u00a0 It involves asking for His revelation on the matter and not moving until you have it.<\/p>\n

If we truly believe in God then we must mature into the kind of believers that live each day not only representing Him well, but sacrificing our opinions and demands because we understand that nothing and I mean nothing happens to us that He isn\u2019t intimately involved in.\u00a0 We can trust in his provision.\u00a0 We are told several times that we should not have anxiety or fear over anything and if we do, this is clearly a sign that we do not have faith in God.<\/p>\n

Your Best Days are In Front of You<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, give God thanks and praise as he is the one who avenges us, subdues circumstances and rescues us from our enemies!\u00a0 George Muller was 75 years old when he received his first invitation to travel to another country to speak.\u00a0 When so many of us think life ends at 65, he was just getting started simply by remaining faithful to what God called him to do.\u00a0 Be encouraged my friend, if you are still breathing and living in faith your best days are in front of you.\u00a0 A life of faith will always declare the Lord lives!<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Lord lives!\u00a0 Blessed\u00a0be\u00a0my Rock!\u00a0 Let the God of my salvation be exalted.\u00a0\u00a0It is\u00a0God who avenges me, And subdues the peoples under me; He delivers me from my enemies.\u00a0 You also lift me up above those who rise against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.\u00a0Therefore, I will give thanks to You, O […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1080","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/h4you.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/h4you.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/h4you.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/h4you.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/h4you.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/h4you.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480,"href":"https:\/\/h4you.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions\/480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/h4you.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/h4you.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/h4you.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/h4you.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}