Page 108 - Evidence of Things Unseen

was hearing, and the very evident sincerity of these young men.
On April 14th I had a growing sense that the Lord was going to move us to be a part
of this fellowship. It was about a 35 minute drive to the warehouse where they met, and all
of the church members lived a distance from us. Our lease was to end on our home in two
weeks, and I felt confident that the Lord would move us, but I had no idea where He would
move us.
As a family, we were continuing daily in prayer, asking the Father to reveal His will.
On April 14th the Spirit spoke to me and said, “You are asking me to manifest My direction
and provision for you, but you have only one foot in the water. You have quit your job, and
this is putting the first foot in the water. The second foot is giving your notice to your
landlord that you will be moving.”
I thought about this some, and it seemed reasonable to me that God would ask such
a thing, for He often asks us to do that which is unreasonable in the natural. I once more
called my family together and shared what the Lord had spoken to me about giving our
notice on our lease. I sensed some reservation in them, and this led me to doubt. I returned
to prayer and asked God to confirm His will. Just three days earlier a book had arrived in
the mail that I had not ordered, neither was I expecting it. The book was called Rees
Howells - Intercessor, and a Christian brother had felt impressed to order a copy to be sent
to me. I sensed the Spirit leading me to pick up the book and begin reading where I had left
off. The next chapter was titled Standing in the Queue. It was all the confirmation I needed.
The chapter contained a wonderful testimony of God calling Rees Howells and his wife
to a new work as missionaries to Africa. It detailed God’s dealing with this English couple
as He required that they step out in faith to follow His direction. He said He would take
them to Africa when they did not have money to even take a train to London. They were led
to buy tickets to take them as far as they could go, which was only 20 miles. The next
connection they needed to make would be on a train that would arrive in a couple hours.
Rees had no money for the tickets, and the time was close for the train to board, when God
spoke to him and said, "Have you not preached that a word from Me is as good as coin?
What would you do if you had the money in your pocket right now?" Rees answered, "I
would go get in that ticket line so that I could purchase my tickets." God then replied, "Then
go get in the line."
There were about twelve people in front of him in the queue, and the devil started to
come against him. The devil said, "You are just like those Israelites who had Egypt's armies
behind them and the Red Sea in front. You are going to get to the front of the line and have
to step out because you have no money." Rees answered, "You are wrong, because God has
said that I am going through." When it got to where there were only two people in line in
front of Rees, a friend, who had followed them to the station to see them off, suddenly
walked up and said he could stay no longer for he had to go open his shop, and he put 30
shillings in Rees' hand. Rees used this money to purchase tickets to London, and the Lord
then opened up many other sources of provision as other friends began coming up and
giving them financial gifts.
I called my family back together and read this chapter to them. God was asking me to
put both of my feet in the water, which was similar to what He did when He asked Rees
Howells to go get in the line to purchase tickets. I asked my family if any of them now
doubted this was the Lord's will for us. They all said that they no longer doubted.
Rees Howells shared that this experience of standing in the queue to buy a ticket was
something he was glad he was not deprived of, for it brought him a great confidence of