Page 34 - Living Epistles

"Have faith of God..."

Anyhow, the people were moving from town to town, by direct instructions
from the Lord, telling them where they should go. Like in the days of old, they
knew the place to go. Eventually they came to the border of China and there
was a test.

If you will remember, in the days of Israel as they were being led out from
Egypt, the Lord told them when to start out and move. The Lord told them
where to stop. They camped and stayed until the Lord told them to move.

So then a time came for this group of about two or three hundred families who
were moving south. They came to the border of Russia and China. There was
a stopping place by the border of Russia and China and the people were
praying all the time.

Every day they were in prayer and saying, "Lord, what's next?" "Lord what do
we have to do now?"

And the Lord said, "My children, just wait and be patient and I'll tell you when
to move."

In the meantime they had to feed their children. They had left their cattle.
They had left their horses. They had left their land. Everything was left behind.

This was a small group from the whole of Russia; those who decided to pay the
price of obedience and leave everything behind. Now wasn't this required of
the apostles? Leave everything and follow me." Compare Luke 14:33.

Now is that not the price that Christ requires of Christians even today? If
anyone will not forsake of all what he has, he is not worthy to be my disciple."
Luke 14:33 Wouldn't that commandment apply to us all even in this modern
generation of the twentieth century?

Well, they left everything, and here they had to feed children and these
Russian families were with many children. So what did they have to do?

They went searching for work here and there. They went into the orchards.
They dug channels for irrigation and different things. Doing anything possible
and everything trying to get a piece of bread.