COVER LETTER
Dearly Beloved:
GOD BE PRAISED FOR HIS MERCY AND GOODNESS.
I have no ghost writers. I personally write every message and every piece of published mail. I have written the letter you are now receiving. I go to the Lord and ask him to show me what to say. I ask the Holy Spirit to help me send a word of hope and blessing from the Scriptures.
Today, I was directed by the Holy Spirit to Psalm 32. God says there, "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye" (Psalm 32:8). I believe the Lord instructed me to speak what I now share with you. This short message may not apply to all readers, but many will know that the Lord has spoken personally to their present need. THIS IS WHAT I HEAR FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT:
Jesus said to his disciples, "The fields are white, ready to harvest." That harvest is an ingathering of souls in these last days. And the law of the harvest is: the darker the days, the whiter the harvest. Right now, many souls are ripe for harvest, all over the world. We see this everywhere we go.
But there is another harvest in these last days also. The Lord was speaking prophetically about what he foresaw coming in our time: that is, a harvest of golden-ripe faith in the hearts of his people. Our Lord wants a tested, suffering people who will rise up in the midst of distress and trouble and proclaim, "I trust my Lord!"
Jesus does not expect faith from the worldly crowd. When he wondered aloud, "Will I find faith on the earth when I return?" he was speaking of sinners. But we who love him are also told, "He that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass [surround] him about" (Psalm 32:10). God promises that his goodness is "laid up…for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!" (31:19).
I can say with the Psalmist David, "I have known trouble, much suffering, financial need, the sorrow of the deaths of loved ones, the slander of those I loved who turned against me. I have known personal pain. There were times I thought things were hopeless…times of temptation…times of weeping until there were no tears left."
Some of my suffering was self-imposed, caused by ignorance or foolishness. But now, at seventy-four years of age, I can boldly testify: never has God failed me. Through all the troubles, pain and sufferings, I have come through with joy and a strong trust in the goodness and faithfulness of the Lord. Here is the testimony that the Lord desires to hear from all of his tested children: "Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice…and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart" (Psalm 32:11).
MAY THIS SHORT MESSAGE ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRUST GOD FULLY!
A closing word: Because of the generosity of our readers, we have been able to give meaningful amounts of money to help believing families who lost family members and homes resulting from the tsunami. Even now our funds are helping to rebuild destroyed churches, schools and homes of Christians, especially in Sri Lanka. Not one dollar is being misspent. Our funds are administered through pastors and missionaries who have labored long and diligently in these Asian countries. Amazingly, we are building houses for $1,000 and churches and schools for about $10,000 each.
Along with this, we continue to fund a greatly blessed feeding and housing ministry for fatherless children and their mothers, as well as a ministry to addicted mothers with children, several ministries to addicted men, and feeding ministries for children in poor nations.
God has been supplying our every need. We rejoice in the faithfulness of our Lord. Thanks to all who have helped. God bless you!
His bondservant,
DAVID WILKERSON
DW:bbm 12.31.69
