GUIDANCE FOR THE SERVANT AS TO LOCALITY

GUIDANCE FOR THE SERVANT AS TO LOCALITY

I am glad you have written to me about your present search for a house. I believe that as a servant of the Lord the true way is to learn directly from the Lord the locality He would have you to be in. He has a particular spot for you. He searched out a place in the wilderness for Israel. The world go here and there till they find what suits them. You have to find what suits Him, and you can consult the Urim and the Thummim, and though at first you might not find the suited house, you would be assured of the right locality. I have felt that you were laid open to a wrong move, because your eye was so much on a house instead of a locality. The Lord might lead you to a locality where at first you would be much tried for room, etc.; but then you would be in the spot He had selected for you, which would be infinitely better than the best suited house in a locality which had not His approval. More depends than I could write on your being in the locality which He would choose for you. Where there is faith it is often tried at first, but if you are true to it and make His service and interests primary, eventually suitable accommodation would be provided for you in the spot He has chosen for you. You must determine absolutely whether your move is for His service, or for your own advantage. If it be the latter, you may secure it, but you will find yourself ere long like an officer unattached; whereas in the former case He will employ you, and before very long provide everything that your family really requires in every detail. I feel that this is a critical step for you, and I trust I may have you still more in remembrance before the Lord.