Page 63 - Living Epistles

The Lord directed George Muller to look to him for his support while he was
at the university. As he was cast over onto the provision of his heavenly Father
for the first time, he writes:

Shortly after this had occurred, several American gentlemen, three of whom
were professors in American colleges, came to Halle for literary purposes,
and as they did not understand German, I was recommended by Dr. Tholuck
to teach them. These gentlemen, some of whom were believers, paid so
handsomely for the instruction I gave them, and for the lectures of certain
professors which I wrote out for them, that I had enough and to spare. Thus
did the Lord richly make up to me the little which I had relinquished for His
sake. “O fear the Lord, ye His saints; for there is no (lack) to those who fear
Him.”

From this small beginning of faith, George Muller was to grow in faith and
reliance upon God until he was trusting Him for the provision of more than
2,000 orphans at a time, supporting over a hundred missionaries in part or
in whole, and printing and distributing hundreds of thousands of Bibles and
millions of tracts annually.

All of this was done without making any public pleas for funds. Mr. Muller had
no television or radio program where he would make pleas for support. He
had no advertising campaigns. He had no campaigns for capital projects. He
did not work through worldly solicitations to have the needs of all of these
heavy burdens met. Rather, he learned to take all his needs to God the Father.
Having maintained a good conscience in only taking on those labors that he
was assured the Spirit of Christ was directing him to, he was able to look to
Christ to meet every need.

The year 1835 found Mr. Muller residing in England. He was ministering
much through preaching at local churches. He had a few years earlier begun
The Scriptural Knowledge Institute, which was a work aimed at the printing
and distribution of Bibles and tracts, and the instruction of young people in
a large number of Sunday schools which he supported. It was in this same year
that he began to consider the work that was to bring him renown, even as it
encouraged millions of Christians to place a much greater trust in God while
encouraging them to come before Him confidently in prayer. This work was
to be among the orphans of England. Mr. Muller described the reason for
entering into this work in the following way.