Allahabad, a place of a god, a city that hosts the biggest mela of the country where the two famous rivers, Ganga and Yamuna meets at Sangam, a site of religious significance. It was my first visit to this city and we came knowing only one brother who happened to visit us for a Lord’s Day Meeting in the church in Gurgaon last month. Though our host is an elderly brother, he gave us a very good hospitality and took us to the main Christian leaders of the city. Though he was a little reluctant to meet Christian leaders as he knew them too well, for our sake he was obliged to do so. The Lord so arranged all the situation that we met the right people at the right time at the right place. Even our brother was surprised that the Lord arranged everything perfectly as though it was all pre-planed.
A meeting with a pastor was so sweet and so timely that as we introduced the ministry literature to him the Lord touched him deeply. He proposed a meeting of Christian leaders and wanted me to minister the word. Besides, he invited us for their Sunday meeting the following day and requested me to minister the word. I just reckon that as the Lord's open door and agreed to it.
The following Sunday was their "Miracle Sunday" in which they perform "miracles" mostly of healing. The only one burden the Lord gave me was to minister the high peak truth concerning the greatest miracle in the universe, "God became man to make man God in life and in nature." As I ministered the word and the pastor himself translated for me into Hindi, the Lord's anointing was so sweet and so rich, the word flowed forth like rivers of living water. The entire congregation responded with "Praise the Lord!" and "Hallelujah!" In the ministry of the word the Lord led me to emphasise on the truth of the Bible by quoting relevant verses on the divine life in 1 John 3:2, John 1:12,13 and the divine nature in 2 Peter 1:4. The greatest miracle indeed was God becoming man to make man God in life and in nature. Later, the pastor reconfirmed of this truth on their "miracle Sunday."
Being so supplied in the first session, the pastor asked me to minister the word again in the second session. He even told me to minister as long as I was led. The burden this time was on the growth in life of the believers. Five main burdens I released were on calling upon the name of the Lord, household salvation, the word of God, prayer, and prophesying to minister life to people.
Everything was all prepared by the Lord. Another notable meeting was with another Christian leaders whose works have been recognized and reported by a leading magazine and newspaper of India. To him also we fellowshipped on the truth concerning the Holy Spirit baptism, both its inward and outward aspect, and the church as the Body of Christ. He was so attracted by the truth that he ordered the Holy Bible Recovery Version and pre-booked the Life-Study of the Bible.
With all these meetings, the burden for the city was released. But an underlying specific burden was for our host that one day he would take the stand for the Lord's testimony in Allahabad. He has been through many problems that he needed more of the enjoyment of the Lord in His Word and in calling upon the Lord's Name. Apart from all the other works, my burden was also for him with his ailing father of 102 years old that the Lord may bring peace and joy in his family and gain His family for His testimony.
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