Not Forsaken

God is good. Do you believe that? What about when things don't look hopeful? When your prayers and desires aren't fulfilled like you had counted on? When you feel forsaken? It is time to look higher - to lift up your head and consider the Eternal One.

God is faithful, and it is for us to believe Him until faith is lost in sight. What does this mean? In the midst of famine conditions, brother Lawrence's current report from Makindu reveals hope and victory:

This month has began with heavy competing burdens and we are praying that the Lord  guides us as to what is best for now, with the building work challenging us and the personal survival efforts pulling on the other side, in the face of the famine and the ministerial burdens. The distribution of written lessons has ground to a stop. The production and distribution of CDs has also stopped as the funds have dwindled... But in all these things, we feel encouraged to go on with what the Lord has put in our hands. He is not dependent on us or on our strength. We are just what He has privileged us to be and we are contented to fill the place He has put us in. All I need is "go in full trust." He will do the rest. Please, keep praying for us.

The Lord is faithful and keeps His promises to us: "...God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore...be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." (2 Cor.6:16-18). We have experienced several miracles. The oldest lady in the congregation (over 70) had been attacked by disease, including swollen legs, etc. She has been healed and is undertaking personal evangelism to other older people. Her mother is still alive and she came pleading that we pray for her to be delivered of a demonic attack. The Lord delivered her, for which we are so grateful. After my healing, Wife was also taken ill and could barely make it to the house of worship for services. She was prayed for and now she is leaping and shouting as we walk the distance, and as she visits the homes with us. A mother of several children lost her job and had nothing for her family and herself. Her young son prayed for her to get a job and told her to go out in search for it. She testified that she started out late in the day and the first home she went to took her in and kept her at work, paying her daily. She came to church beaming with joy and gratitude to the Lord.... 

The Lord has never forsaken His children and He is not about to start it now.


Do you know this Father? God didn't mean for us to struggle and worry our way through life. "Come unto Me," Jesus said, "And I will give you rest." First come. Then you will receive the assurance, the peace, the goodness God has abundantly promised. If you are standing on the street in your troubles, it is time to forsake them and come knocking for admittance! It is your privilege to know the One who will "never leave you, nor forsake you." (Heb. 13:5)