Forgiving

Almost two months ago I was in Imphal for the churches in NE India training. On the day of my arrival the first thing on my heart was to pray for the training. But the Lord reminded me to deal with a brother's debt and forgive him once for all, and forget the matter altogether. Initially it was hard, but as the Lord graced me, the blessing of the Lord has been bountiful to me. Then I told the Lord, I forgave. Following this I felt the Lord's anointing and His presence. Since then, beginning with the first message, the Lord's instant speaking flowed out like fountain of living waters.

The incident in detail was as such : 

The Lord reminded me of a debt that I have not forgiven nor are willing to forget. It was concerning a brother who could not pay for his flight ticket, yet still promised to pay and  never paid, nor the brother who arranged the trip for him paid either. Since none could pay, the lot fell on me and they were rescued. This has been going on for two years and yet no further development. Later, that new brother’s locality had some problems and the testimony was lost. Literally, there was no blessing in that locality; they could not withstand the tests.

On that day, the Lord reminded me that I need to forget about all the past and forgive the brothers who “cheated” me. I said, “amen.” The Lord is the Lord, He knows the best and His decision is final.

Further, the Lord enlightened me that His blessing was not there with those brothers and even with the “church.” For there is no testimony in their lives, of the Lord, nor the blessing of the Lord. Somehow, somewhere, something went wrong. That was the enemy’s subtle work. The Lord also reminded me to pray for those brothers that their functions may be restored and the testimony of the Lord Jesus be recovered.By all these incidents, the Lord was hitting two birds with one stone; on the one hand He was perfecting me and on the other hand He was trimming the burned wick of the Lampstand.  

Lord, have mercy on us; recovery the lost ones, strengthen the weak ones and supply the needy ones for the sake of Your testimony.