Hebron

A Life of Fellowship in the Body (2)

The name Hebron means fellowship in the original language. God's house is a matter of life, while fellowship is a matter of living. It is impossible for one to live in Hebron without first passing through Bethel. We have to remember that Hebron comes after Bethel. Where there is God's house, there is fellowship. Fellowship is not a community organized by a number of people. Fellowship can only be found in the house of God. Without God's house it is impossible to have fellowship. If our natural life is not dealt with, we cannot have any fellowship. We live in the Body and have fellowship only when the natural life is dealt with.

The Body is a fact; it is a real, definite fact. In this Body we spontaneously communicate and fellowship with other children of the Lord. Once we ... judge the natural life, we will enter into the life of the Body of Christ and be brought into the fellowship spontaneously. Those who truly know the Body of Christ are freed from individualism spontaneously. They do not trust in themselves, and they realize that they are very weak. They fellowship with all the children of God. God must bring us to the point where we cannot go on without
fellowship. God will show us that what is impossible with individuals is possible when it is done in fellowship. This is the meaning of Hebron.

Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible
and Words of Ministry from Watchman Nee, The God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, 1993, pp. 35-36. Both are published by
Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. (Repeat 7/14/98)

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His Concern

Often times we are brought through a cloudy situation as being veiled by things vague yet real, something of the future yet the need of the present, the memory of the past yet the feeling of the present. And often we wonder why? No doubt this leads us to turn to the living God, and hones our faith in Christ Jesus, yet something mysterious, inexplicable clogs our heart issuing in a sense of burden as a caged bird fluttering to be released. Prayer, and prayer and prayer follows suit. Still all seems the same. And one continues to wonder why?

The Lord is sovereign and He knows what's best and when. In this process of wearying in a miry clay of uncertainty, nevertheless, faith firm in Him, the Lord has a definite way to dispense Himself into us. Prayers; answer or no answer, is not the answer. The answer is, God is dispensing Himself into to us, through our contacting Him amidst desperation. His concern is not if our prayers are answered or not, rather His concern is whether we gain Him or not through the cloudy, stormy, slippery path we are treading on. And much more, His concern is, if His concern has become our concern and not vice versa. He wants to gain us, all the more, in all circumstances, good or bad.

Should we not just let his concern be our concern?

O Lord Jesus Christ, gain me! I need Thee!