Living a life of faith is one that is encompassed by a life of supernatural action.  George Muller, a great man of faith, is one person we can learn many things from as he lived under four rules of faith.  The first three rules are:  Never receive a fixed salary, never ask another human being for help, and follow Luke 12:33 of selling all your possessions and giving it away.

The fourth rule of faith is one that is also difficult in our culture to follow; follow Romans 13:8 to completeness.  “Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law” (Romans 13:8, NASB).  To put this verse and this rule into clear words, do not take out loans or purchase on credit.

One thing I need to state again is that these rules are for those who are serious about God.  These are for those who are seeking not their own desires, but seeking to be conformed to the will of God in all things.  Those who are desperate for God and His ways are those who can lean upon the promises recorded in the Bible because these are the individuals who are seeking a personal relationship with Jesus at the deepest level.  Through this relationship Jesus will provided everything needed in life because He knows what we really need in life (Matt. 6:25-34).

In our culture today this is not easy, especially those who are just getting started in what we call the adult life.  Education at the university level requires money that typically has not yet been acquired.  This is also where we typically meet the one we are to spend the rest of our life with, which means a house and vehicle is required… and the list goes on.  So how is all this fulfilled without any bank loans?  Good question!  I am simply saying, seek the voice of God and trust Him by being obedient to how God is leading you.

I fully believe that if you are wholly seeking God’s will in all these directions that He will provide every penny at the moment the penny is needed.  Read Rees Howells, Intercessor if you haven’t yet.  By reading this book you will see many examples of how God provided and built Mr. Howells’ faith, and will be an encouragement to you in how God can build your faith.

The following story has taken place in these past couple months.

I have a good friend who has been called into the ministry and has recently started the education process.  The Holy Spirit led him to not enter into a ministry preparation program (which was my encouragement), but to study for his bachelor’s degree in ministry, though he did not have the money to do so.  So this friend went ahead and registered for classes in the bachelor’s program.  Upon starting his first class he was contacted by the university about receiving a full tuition scholarship; a scholarship he never applied for.  He also received grant money to cover the cost of all his books; a grant he never applied for.  With all the classes being online, it was apparent that he would need his own computer in order to complete the extensive work.  So the morning before his first class he made his first request to God in that God would provide him a computer.  That same day he opened up his mailbox and found an envelope with a visa gift card that had enough money on it to purchase a good laptop computer.  This is just one person being obedient to the voice of God and acting in faith so the supernatural action of God could happen in his life.

When we choose to operate in faith to the will of God, we will find it is then that God provides abundantly in the proper time.  This just means that we need to take action in trust so God’s supernatural action can be at work.

I desire to live a Faith-Full life, for His glory alone.

Living a life of faith is one that is encompassed by a life of supernatural action.  George Muller, a great man of faith, is one person we can learn many things from.  The rules of living by faith that George Muller lived are not some simple guidelines to follow; these rules are for those who are serious about God.  Muller’s first two rules are; never receive a fixed salary and never ask another human being for help.  Both of these are a cake walk compared to this third rule, follow Luke 12:33 to completeness.

“Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves purses which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near, nor moth destroys” (Luke 12:33, NASB).

It is one thing to say that you trust God in providing your needs, but if you sell everything you have and give it away then you can only survive if God intervenes.  This is trust in God at the deepest level, this is living by faith.  I am reminded of how the early church functioned in the book of Acts.  “And all those who had believed were together, and had all things in common; and they began selling their property and possessions, and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need” (Acts 2:44-45, NASB).  The church survived at its greatest level when everyone had just one thing on their mind, God.  The church did everything together and had everything they needed, and nobody had anything of their own.  They just let God lead and they were obedient to what God said to do.

There is one individual that has come to mind who sought to live under Muller’s rules of faith, and thankfully we can read about this one man’s life of faith.  I encourage you to download a free book off the internet called, “Rees Howells, Intercessor.”  Rees Howells lived a life of faith and this biography explains what we all need to learn and understand in the life of faith being a journey of highs and lows.  His life is an example of learning from God in the school of prayer, being taught in the Holy Spirit.

One quote taken from this book is, “There is a golden rule in the life of faith, that Christians can never prevail upon God to move others to give larger sums of money toward God’s word than he himself has either given or proved that he is willing to give if it were in his power to do so” (Rees Howells, Intercessor, pg. 226).  How much this golden rule applies to the third rule of George Muller, give away everything you have so you can receive everything from God in faith.  Let us not forget the verse prior to Luke 12:33, “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom” (Luke 12:32, NASB).

The truth is God wants to give us everything He has (which far surpasses what we can earn on our own), but this means we have to release everything that we currently have received on our own merit.  Let us learn from the story with the rich young ruler in Luke 18:18-30.  The Kingdom of God with all its splendor has been given as an inheritance to have now, so why should we be seeking a kingdom to posses by our own merit?  Let us receive the fullness of His joy as we receive in faith His Kingdom and His daily provisions by being obedient to how the Holy Spirit is leading us to handle our personal finances.

I desire to live a Faith-Full life, for His glory alone.