Power of Prayer

   I have been reading a little book on George Mueller, a great man of faith and prayer.  If you don't know much about this man, maybe you should take just a minute and learn about him.  He has an amazing story.

   I was given this book on Mueller by my mom.  She wanted to help encourage me in prayer and to show me that when we go before the Throne of Grace, there is great power. 

  I want to share an excerpt of the book which relays a certain event in Mueller's life in which God answered his prayer in a mighty way. 

This particular story is told by a man named Charles Inglis, a well-known evangelist at that time. He writes:

"When I first came to America 31 years ago, I crossed the Atlantic with the captain of a steamer who was one of the most devoted men I even knew; and when we were off the banks of Newfoundland he said to me, 'Mr Inglis, the last time I crossed here, five weeks ago, one of the most extraordinary things happened that has completely revolutionized the whole of my Christian life.  Up to that time I was one of your ordinary Christians.  We had a man of God on board, George Mueller, of Bristol.  I had been on that bridge for twenty-two hours and never left it.  I was startled by someone tapping me on the shoulder.  It was George Mueller.

" 'Captain, ' He said, 'I have come to tell you that I must be in Quebec on Saturday afternoon.'  This was Wednesday. 

" ' It is impossible,' " I said. 

" 'Very well, if your ship can't take me, God will find some other means of locomotion tot take me.  I have never broken an engagement in fifty-seven years.' 

" ' I would willingly help you, but how can I?  I am helpless.' 

" 'Let us go down to the chart room, and pray,' he said.

"I looked at this man and I thought to myself, 'What lunatic asylum could the man have come from? I never heard of such a thing.' 

" 'Mr. Mueller,' I said, 'do you know how dense the fog is?' 

" 'No,'  he replied,  'my eye is not on the density of the fog, but on the living God, who controls every circumstance of my life.' 

"He went down on his knees, and he prayed of the most simple prayers.  I thought to myself, 'That would suit a children's class, where the children were not more than eight or nine years of age.'  The burden of his prayer was something like this. 'O Lord, if it is consistent withe Thy will, please remove this fog in five minutes.  You know the engagement You made for me in Quebec for Saturday.  I believe it is Your will.' 

"When he had finished, I was going to pray, but he put his hand on my shoulder and told me not to pray. 

" 'First,' he said, 'you do not believe God will do it; and, second, I believe He has done it.  And there is no need whatever for you to pray about it.' 

"I looked at him, and George Muller said this, 'Captain, I have known my Lord for fifty-seven years and there has never been a single day that I have failed to gain an audience with the King.  Get up, Captain, and open the door, and you will find the fog is gone.'  I got up, and the fog was gone.  On Saturday afternoon George Mueller was in Quebec."

• Ephesians 6:18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

• Philippians 1:3-4 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy,

• 1 Thessalonians 5:17 pray without ceasing

     It is good to be reminded of the power of prayer!!!  As believers, when we pray, we enter into the Throne of Grace.  How amazing is that?!  Pray without ceasing, friends!  The Lord DOES hear the prayers of His beloved!

~Grow in Grace~ 

2 Peter 3:18