CERTAIN marked Scripture precepts and promises had such a singular influence upon this man of God (George Muller), and so often proved the guides to his course, that they illustrate Psalm 119:105 - "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And a light unto my path."
Those texts which, at the parting of the way, became to him God's sign-boards, showing him the true direction, are here given, as nearly as may be in the order in which they became so helpful to him. The study of them will prove a kind of spiritual biography, outlining his career. Some texts, known to have been very conspicuous in their influence, we put in capitals. The italics are his own.
The first verse I've listed is the principal text that guided Muller's life:
"open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. " (Psalm 81.10)
"GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY-BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE." (John iii.16.)
"Cursed be the man that trusteth in man and maketh flesh his arm." (Jeremiah xvii.5.)
"O, fear the Lord, ye His saints; for there is no want to them that fear Him." (Psa. xxxiv.9.)
"Owe no man anything, but to love one another." (Rom. xiii.8.)
"SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS; AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU." (Matt. vi.33.)
"The holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation." (2 Tim. iii.15.)
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened." (Matt. vii.7,8.)
"WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK IN MY NAME, THAT WILL I DO, THAT THE FATHER MAY BE GLORIFIED IN THE SON: IF YE SHALL ASK ANYTHING IN MY NAME I WILL DO IT." (John xiv.13,14.)
"Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, nor yet for your body what ye shall put on... Take, therefore, no thought for the morrow." (Matt. vi. 25-34.)
"If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine." (John vii.17.)
"If ye continue in My word, then are ye My disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John viii.31,32.)
"And the eunuch said, See, here is water: what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him." (Acts viii.36-38.)
"Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death? Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death." (Rom. vi.3, 4.)
"Upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread." (Acts xx.7.)
"My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a man in vile raiment; and ye have respect unto him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool, are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?" (James ii.1-6.)
"Having, then, gifts differing according to the grace that is given us." (Rom. xii.6.)
"All these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will." (1 Cor. xii.11.)
"Not because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account." (Philip. iv.17.)
"Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body what ye shall put on"... "Behold the fowls of the air... Consider the lilies of the field... For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of these things." (Matt. vi.25-32.)
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth." (Matt. vi.19.)
"SELL THAT YE HAVE AND GIVE ALMS." (Luke xii.33.)
"A man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven." (John iii.27.)
GEORGE MULLER - A Man Who Simply Trusted God...reflections by & about an ordinary man who placed implicit trust in an extraordinary God and took His Word at face value - "open your mouth wide, and I will fill it." (Psalm 81:10)
