Seven Thousand Remnants

Yesterday a brother and I were fellowshipping about the situation we have been facing in North India, especially NCR, in the matter of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ; how the people are blinded by religion, superstition, philosophy, tradition, culture and many other things. The god of this age has blinded and darkened the hearts of man, and that the need for a strategic and strong prayer for the Lord to have a breakthrough this dry, dark and hard land. Personally too, I have been experiencing in a subtle way how the enemy binds people with bondage of all sorts. In fact, we have been praying and still burdened to pray more for a definite breakthrough that the Lord may gain the local ones to bear His testimony.

This morning in my time with the Lord, the Lord spoke through my reading of the Bible concerning what He has reserved for Himself. Yes, the situation we are facing is quite alarming, for though we have been preaching the gospel and have led many people to salvation, but the stability of many of these new ones beckons our bended knees on their behalf to God. Solid pillars for the bearing of the Lord's testimony by the genuine local ones are yet to be ascertained. Even in my desperateness I often consider myself like the prophet Elijah in 1 Kings 19:10, 14  

"And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and slain Your prophets with the sword; and I alone am left, and they seek to take my life."

But praise the Lord for His wonderful reply in 19:18  

"Yet I have left Myself seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed unto Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him."

No matter what the situation at the moment is, trusting in the Lord, we labor on and on, not expecting to be reward so soon, but with much faith, love and hope we continue to preach the gospel, carry on the shepherding, and in due time, at the Lord's time, He will recover all these seven thousand remnants He has reserved. Yes, there are seven thousand reserved! For the Lord testimony in North India, He has his remnants elsewhere. Time will reveal the glorious move of God in His divine dispensing through our cooperation with Him in our prayer, preaching and shepherding. 

Praise the Lord for the "Seven Thousand"! 

Lord, hasten the day when we would witness Your word in North India....