George Mueller (1805 – 1898)
When God put it into the heart of Pastor George Muller to build orphanages for the poor street orphans of England, he had only two shillings (50 cents) in his pocket. Without making his wants known to any man, but to God alone, over a million, four hundred thousand pounds ($7,000,000) More than 10,000 children lived in the orphanage over the years. Miraculous stories of answered prayer surrounded the ministry of George Mueller. He wanted above all else for the orphans to know the realness of God. When each child became old enough to live on his own, George would pray with him and put a Bible in his right hand and a coin in his left. He explained to the young person that if he held onto what was in his right hand, God would always make sure there was something in his left hand as well.
A.T. Pierson, a Bible teacher, sat one day with George Müller. Müller was relating to Pierson some of the marvelous things God had done for the orphanage he founded in Bristol. As Müller talked he wrote, and by and by Pierson noticed that he was having difficulty with his pen point. Suddenly Müller bowed his head for a moment in prayer, and then began writing again. Pierson asked what he had prayed about.
“This pen point,” replied Müller. “It’s not working properly. This is an important letter, and I was asking the Lord to help me so I could write clearly.”
“Dear me,” replied Pierson. “A man who trusts God for millions of pounds also prays about a scratchy pen point