“WHO WILL GO…?”
November 7, 2025EL-SHADDAI – THE ALL SUFFICIENT GOD!
November 9, 2025George Müller, the one who cared for orphans German evangelist, and the who cared for orphans in Bristol, UK, is known for his great faith. Müller is also known for his persistent prayer. In fact, we can say, without any hesitation or doubt that, the reason for George Müller’s strong faith is because of his prayer.
– “In the greatest difficulties, in the heaviest trials, in the deepest poverty and necessities, He has never failed me; but because I was enabled by His grace to trust Him He has always appeared for my help. I delight in speaking well of His name.” – George Müller
George Müller’s prayer life is similar to the man in Luke 11:5-10, and the persistent widow of Luke 18;1-8 – both parables were spoken by our LORD Jesus. Allow me to quote George Müller himself in his own words, which speaks volumes about his persistence in prayer, and the lesson we ought to learn.
“In November 1844, I began to pray for the conversion of five individuals. I prayed every day without a single intermission, whether sick or in health, on the land, on the sea, and whatever the pressure of my engagements might be. Eighteen months elapsed before the first of the five was converted. I thanked God and prayed on for the others. Five years elapsed, and then the second was converted. I thanked God for the second, and prayed on for the other three. Day by day, I continued to pray for them, and six years passed before the third was converted. I thanked God for the three, and went on praying for the other two. These two remained unconverted.
Thirty-six years since Müller began to pray, he writes that, the other two, sons of one of Müller’s friends, were still not converted. He writes, “But I hope in God, I pray on, and look for the answer. They are not converted yet, but they will be.” In 1897, fifty-two years after he first began to pray everyday, without interruption, for these two men, they were finally converted – but only after he had died! Müller understood what Luke meant when he introduced a parable Jesus told about prayer, saying, “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up” (Luke 18:1).”
May the LORD grant us wisdom to understand the importance of prayer, and the significance of persistence in the same. May the LORD grant us His grace to faithfully and obediently continue in persistent prayer, regardless of whatever may or may not be happening in regards to our prayer. May the LORD enable us not to get disheartened nor discouraged, but instead, persist ever so faithfully in prayer, to the LORD, who alone can answer them. Even so, the LORD help us.
