Ghaziabad

Last month in a Christian Expo, I met a brother who impressed me much, both in spirit and in the body, with whom I also fellowshipped twice, and he showed much interest in the ministry of the word. My first impression was, perhaps, he must be the one for the Lord's testimony in Ghaziabad? Only God knows. 

Few day back, with a brother we went to visit him at his house in Ghaziabad. When I heard his sharing on his feeling concerning "feet washing" in John 13, I took the opportunity to minister on the same subject. I ministered on love as the basis for feet washing, accompanied with humility and being judged by God to be able to wash the brothers' feet. Yet for such,  one must have the basin with water for the washing. We read the Bible verses with footnotes from the Recovery Version of the Bible. Water here signifies the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5), the word (Eph. 5:26; John 15:3), and life (19:34). These are what we need to wash our brothers' foot with. Without the Holy Spirit, the word of God and the divine life as the "water" first being constituted in us, how can we washed our brother's feet. Here lies the necessity for a proper and normal Christian life. And this matter of foot washing should not be a ritual nor a ceremony, but a daily living for fellowshipping with God and with one another. 

Later, we fellowshipped on Christ and the church with personal experiences of Christ and the church life. I personally have a very good feeling about this brother, especially in the matter of his hunger for the word of God and purity to stand for the Lord's testimony. 

Though there are other people we could have met, but this brother was the one so far we had much peace to meet with. If there are more whom the Lord has chosen, time will manifest them one by one. 

Only God knows who a person is and what his future holds; I can only look to the Lord and pray that He may gain him for His testimony in Ghaziabad. By the way, this is one of the cities in National Capital Region, for which we have been praying for the Lord's strong testimony. Perhaps, this is an answer to our prayer for Ghaziabad. May the Lord gain His heart's desire.