The Call of the Needy

Yesterday was a day I set aside for a "holiday" of rest after lunch. The whole week I have been so busy and the only time I could steal out for myself was on Saturday after lunch. As I was eating my lunch I received a phone call from a sister who is a younger sister of one of the brothers in the church life. In fact, it was surprising to receive such a call as it was very unexpected. As I attended the call, it was a request for an emergency fellowship for something that the sisters have been going through. Without much further consideration, the Lord impressed me deep within that this is the call of the saints in need and as a responsible brother I must  take it seriously and attend to the call for fellowship. Then I decided to visit them and did visit them.

The Lord has been leading them through various thick and thin, and they were at a juncture where they desperately needed a help, though the nature of their problems were physical, but their intrinsic need was a spiritual supply.  After listening to whatever they were going through I fellowshipped with them the Christian life as a meal offering life as in Leviticus 2, and the need to be mingled with God more and the need to be baked in the oven to be a cake for the meal offering that would satisfy God and the offerer. The fellowship was so anointed and sweet that it went on and on. When I finally felt the burden within me has been dispensed, we prayed together and I left. It was four hours of fellowship.

Today the sister came to the Lord's table meeting for the first time. Whatever reason that have hindered her from coming before has been dealt with. In fact, her brother and I have been praying for this sister for quiet sometime now. The Lord is sovereign and He did things in His own time. His timing is the best. Had she come before, the feeling and impact of coming to the Lord's table meeting would have been entirely different. Now, after going through many things and learning many spiritual lessons, not just the matter of relationship and fellowship with the Lord but also with the local church according the truth of the Bible, it was mush more meaningful. And I trust their coming is out of the Lord's leading and also the answer to the prayers of the saints.