The Faith of the Patriarchs

George Muller was a Christian evangelist in the 19th century who also directed the Ashley Down orphanage in Bristol, England. He once said “God delights to increase the faith of his children. Instead of wanting no trials before victory, we ought to be willing to receive them from God’s hand as a means. Trials, obstacles, difficulties, and sometimes defeats, are the very food of faith.” Hebrews 11:17-28 describes five men called the Patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and Moses). Together, they have three principles for us about the kind of faith George Muller described.