A Breakthrough

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Recovery Version Note on Labor: Not by our natural life and natural ability but by the Lord's resurrection life and power. Our labor for the Lord in His resurrection life with His resurrection power will never be in vain, but will result in the fulfilling of God's eternal purpose through the preaching of Christ to sinners, the ministering of life to the saints, and the building up of the church with the experiences of the processed Triune God as gold, silver, and precious stones (3:12). This labor will be rewarded by the returning Lord in the day of the resurrection of the righteous (3:14; Matt. 25:21, 23; Luke 14:14).

These verses have been a great source of encouragement to me, time and again. Often times my zeal for the Lord has been sovereignly balanced by unexpected results. Prayers? Yes. There has been a lot of prayers for the church in my locality for the Lord to gain His increase. And also a lot of gospel preaching of all kinds. However, not many solid remaining fruits. Nevertheless, the Lord has gained some solid ones too. But he hope is for more, and more. Often times, I stumbled into Satan's negative poisoning of the mind. But the word of God especially this one is of great encouragement.

These days, in coordination with the trainees in the FTTND we have been visiting open homes in our area. The Lord is seeking out His chosen ones, one by one. Last week, the visit we made was of a very wealthy lady who have been into all kinds of depression. She herself testified of the vanity of the riches of this world. And as she shared her miserable real-life story she sops and wept intermittently. And a couple of times she said she had attempted failed suicide. Our only response was in telling her the gospel of Jesus Christ and leading her to the Lord Jesus Christ, to pray the sinners prayer and receive the Lord. We also helped her to call on the Name of the Lord over and over again. Our only gospel message was, "Only Jesus is the solution to all your problems." 

Later, when we were about to leave she requested us for a cup of tea, that prolonged our meeting with her further. Even during our stay there, her visage transformed gradually. She smiled and kept smiling. Then finally we prayed for her and her family that the Lord may save the whole household for His testimony. We all then agreed to meet weekly for further shepherding. 

Through this incident, the Lord opened my eyes to see and know vividly that the world is nothing, but vanity of vanities. Furthermore, the Lord confirmed to me that there are so many of this kind of cases, especially in developing country like India and fastest growing city like Gurgaon. Where wealth increases, worries increases too. The gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and the gospel of the kingdom of God is the urgent need of the time. And this also confirms that the Lord is bringing us to breakthrough in Gurgaon for His increase.

Gurgaon for Christ!