LED BY GOD TO LEAVE SECULAR WORK

LED BY GOD TO LEAVE SECULAR WORK

While living in India my mother took care of my eldest daughter for a year while I went to work. A year and two weeks later my son was born and my mother could not take on looking after him as well, for she also had my sister’s children and her home to look after. I was left with the choice of leaving the children with a servant or resign. I wanted very much to take care of my children and so I began to seek the Lord’s guidance regarding His will in this matter. I had three months in which to decide and Robert did not let me know what he wanted me to do for he left the decision up to me. This was difficult for me and so many times during this period I fasted and prayed and set fleeces before the Lord.
While I searched His Word and believed His promises, I had faith to resign and knew that He would provide. Then, when considering all the bills and knowing that my salary was much more than Robert’s salary, then I would be fearful. The Lord showed me through the fleeces that I should resign and look after the children but I kept wavering in my faith.

However, one Sunday morning since one of the children were not well, I did not go to Church so I perched myself on the window-sill in my home and joined in the worship service next door (where the Sunday morning service was in progress). At that time there was a word of prophecy through Pastor Benjamin Selvaratnam from the City, that
brought the answer to me from God. Besides the many things that were said in the prophecy, my portion was, “I, Who led you and guided you and provided for you in the past, am the Lord Who will lead you, guide you and provide for you in the future.”
As soon as I heard that, I was so happy and felt as though the Lord had spoken to me directly from the throne-room in heaven and joy bells were ringing in my heart. Immediately I wrote out my resignation and went out and posted the letter in the letter-box near by before doubt could rob me of my joy of having heard from the Lord.
Later, when I realized that I must inform Robert of my decision all the joy went down to my boots. I asked the Lord Jesus Christ to take care of this situation for He did speak to me through that Word of prophecy. When I told Robert, he said nothing!

During the time I was seeking the Lord for His will in this matter, I prayed that I would like a testimony to be raised through this decision. I needed three things that should not happen so that my testimony could be a blessing to others –

1) I should not make Robert feel the extra burden financially since I’m resigning my job for Robert was a good man and always gave me his salary.
2) My children should not have a need which I’m unable to meet and I should not
regret my decision of resigning, and
3) I should not have to borrow any money from anyone so they would know that indeed God is meeting all our needs.

From December 1970 my Faithful, Promise-Keeping God has met all our needs and enabled us to help others even while we were in India and I was able to have a domestic servant to help me. PRAISE GOD!
There are many, many testimonies of His wonderful provisions for us as a family for all these years.
Even in this country, He is my marvelous Provider and I’ll write these testimonies out later. He is a great, big wonderful God! He is for real!
The Lord has taught me many precious lessons so I could now share with others from my experiences of walking by faith in His Word!
Our God never puts His people to shame who put their trust in Him!
God’s work, done in God’s way, will never lack His support!
ALL GLORY TO HIS HOLY NAME FOREVER!
Margaret Wright