Ginger and I just got through listening to John Piper’s sermon on George Mueller’s life.
Mueller has long been a hero of mine as his faith in God’s Providence is legendary. As an evangelist, head of orphanages, and missionary, Mueller saw God do amazing things. It is not hard to get discouraged when I sometimes look at my lack of faith.
But as I listen and read about this man’s life, his main desire was to show the faithfulness and majesty of God. Those whom we would call “super-saints” would be horrified to hear such a title. They would be quick to proclaim that they are not super, but that God is more powerful, awesome, lovely, caring, intimate, etc… than we can ever dream or imagine.
Do we dare take God at His Word? Do we dare trust His hand and not the riches of this world? Take the long view brothers and sisters! It may seem that we are throwing away our money, time and very life to the world, but we are trading the temporary for the eternal! Mueller knew this full well.
The ironic thing is that we actually find life when we give our life away. By trading these worldly accolades and treasures in for God’s glory to be known, we gain joy indescribable. This takes place as we shine like lights to a darkened world and they see something that cannot be explained.
This directly shines the spotlight on our God and His sufficiency.
Take some time today and ask yourself “What things am I really putting my trust in?” “What things am I not willing to part with?” Then get before the Lord and ask Him to be your sufficiency. It is then that we don’t need to struggle for more faith. We need to struggle to rest and see who God really is. For when we get a better view of God and His glory, our faith is soon to increase. It is all about Him. We must decrease and He must increase.
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