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The Intercessor, Vol 17 No 1

Excerpt from The Intercession of Rees Howells
by Doris Ruscoe

Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him…. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. –-Matthew 6:8, 33

The day came when the Holy Spirit said, "Why should you be giving seven hours a day of your time to an earthly master? Leave that now and come and work for me. Do you believe that I can keep you?" I was on the Black Mountain at the time and the Lord said, "If you believe that I can keep you, put up your hand and tell me, ‘I shall not take from a thread to a shoe-latchet from any person unless the Lord tells me.’ " So as Abraham refused to take the spoils of war, I put up my hand and made the vow (Genesis 14.22, 23). He told me not to take a meal at home without paying for it and I said, "I will go out as your earthly disciples did. Do not change for me the principle that you laid down for them." (Matthew 10.9). I was not now active in the Mission or in contact with many people. My mother was unwilling for me to pay for my meals, but when I insisted that otherwise I would have to leave home she finally gave in. She had hoped that now I was going to live a normal life after the test of being a Nazarite. It was arranged that I would pay every month and I spent the first month alone on the mountain, alone with God, and what a wonderful month it was. The Lord had told me not to pray for money until the time came to pay at home.

When I went home my father said, "The manager has kept your job open for you and you can take it again if you want to." I said, "Why should he do that?" My father said, "If you don’t mean to earn a living again who is to keep you?" I said, "I am working for God and I believe that he can keep me." He said, "Can you name a single person who has lived this life before?" I said, "George Muller." He said, "He is dead. Can’t you name someone who is living?" I said, "Do you believe the words of the Saviour, ‘Take neither purse nor scrip…the labourer is worthy of his hire.’ He said, "I only brought you a message." Just then a letter came from Mr. Gossett offering me a post with the London City Mission at a salary of a £100 a year and he had underlined the words, "Those who preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel." My father was pleased but I said, "Those who preach faith should live by faith." My father laughed and within half an hour I was delivered of the very amount I needed. From that day to this I have never doubted that God would supply my needs.

-From The Intercession of Rees Howells

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