When The Lion Roars, His Call Is Not Tame - Part 2
The Roar Will Often Cause You To Do Things Backwards
My life scripture was born in that factory: "By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going" (Hebrews 11:8).
The Lord wasn't telling me what to do next, but I knew He was calling me. He began stirring my nest at home also. While working in the factory, on occasion I would visit my brother in Maryland. I experienced God's peace there. After leaving the factory at the end of seven years, I sensed the Lord leading me to leave home and move in with my brother and his family. My brother began taking me to prayer meetings. I discovered something strange. I met the poorest
Christians in the state of Maryland. Almost everyone in those meetings had a financial need.
After several prayer meetings and many financial requests, the Lord spoke to me: "I want to talk to you about My money in your bank account. Since I haven't given you someone to marry yet, you won't be needing it right now but others do."
The next prayer meeting a man shared a need of several thousand dollars. I thought I had better give to this request before I heard of a larger one. At my brother's home that night I secretly wrote out the largest check in my life. As I wrote the check, I felt like a saw was cutting on my shoulder blade. Many years of hard earned money was now escaping me through the tip of a pen. The Lord led me to give the check to a pastor to give to the man in need so he would never know where it came from. I didn't get to share any glory in my giving.
I have noticed something walking with the Lord. When I obey what He says, He continues to speak to me. But it's not always what I want to hear. Thirty days after I moved into my brother's home, the Lord spoke: "I didn't call you to leave your father and mother and cleave to your brother. I am calling you alone to know Me." I explained to my brother what God had said. I packed up everything I owned in my car and drove slowly out of my brother's driveway. All I
knew was that God called me from the factory, from my parent's home, and now from my brother and his family.
Pulling onto Interstate 70, doubts flooded my mind. The devil shouted, "What are you going to do now if you do find someone to marry? How will you survive?" I had to answer that voice before I could continue on. I said, "Devil, if Jesus doesn't do one more thing for me besides what He did at Calvary, I will still follow Him!" Dead silence. That subject was never brought up again.
I held tight to my life scripture message: "By faith Abraham [Bill Yount] obeyed and went out, even though he did not know where he was going" (Hebrews 11:8).
After driving for a while, I saw an exit sign called "Hagerstown." I had never been there before. I just happened to take that exit. Looking back, I know God knows how to drive an automobile. Since I had no agenda of my own, it was easier for Him to guide me. I drove into the center of the city and parked the car. Walking down an alley I discovered a Christian coffeehouse there. I walked inside and the Bible teacher was teaching on "Abraham going out, not
knowing where He was going." Very interesting.
To be continued...
