Today’s Scripture: Ezekiel 33-36
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. – 1 Corinthians 3:6
In 1956, Dawson Trotman asked my wife and me to move to the Midwest and begin the Navigator ministry there. We invited a young mechanical engineer named Ron Rorabaugh to join us, rented a U-Haul trailer, and moved to Omaha, Nebraska.
As I searched the Scriptures for a plan of attack, the Lord led me to Ezekiel 36:37-38 which said the Lord would fill the ruined cities with flocks of people, and they would know that He is the Lord.
Ron and I began praying every morning that God would raise up a flock of men to join us in starting a disciple-making ministry throughout those Midwestern states. God soon put us in touch with a young insurance executive in Des Moines, a veterinarian in Sioux City, and a manager of an electrical firm in Omaha. As Ron and I continued to pray, I met with these men to teach them how to have a walk of daily discipleship with Christ, and we began to see people come to Christ through their witness. Gradually, there were little flocks of people all over the place. When we had our first weekend conference about a year later, 125 people came.
Years later, when I asked a staff worker for The Navigators how many people in the Midwest were being touched by all aspects of Navigator ministries, including our publications and church training courses, he thought for a minute and said, “Oh, I suppose around 50,000.” Now, I didn’t make that happen and neither did Ron. God did it, just as He promised He would. God can do the same through you as you claim His promises by faith and make yourself available to Him.
Prayer
Lord, use me to help increase Your flock in my neighborhood and the surrounding areas. Amen.
To Ponder
If our testimony is faithful, God will take care of the multiplication.
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