Allahabad Revisit

One evening in my time with the Lord, I prayed for the follow up meeting with the pastor in Allahabad who invited us to shared the word of God in his congregation one Lord's day, who also informed to invite me again for a Christian leaders' seminar, and also for his Bible school graduation meeting. I simply texted him Bible verses with footnote as I did to many other contacts the Lord burdened me for.

Seek God in His Sanctuary, Not Prosperity

Psalms 73:13

Surely I have purified my heart in vain, And I have washed my hands in innocence.

The psalmist considered that he had purified his heart in vain because, instead of enjoying material prosperity, he was plagued all day long and chastened every morning (v. 14). However, the *real vanity is anything besides God. Idols are vanity; material prosperity is vanity; anything other than God is vanity (Eccl. 1:2). A pure heart is one that is set on nothing but God.* The psalmist realized this when he entered into the sanctuary of God. 

Psalms 73:17

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their end.

The solution to the psalmist’s perplexity concerning the prosperity of the wicked was obtained in God’s sanctuary. First, God’s sanctuary, His habitation, is in our spirit (Eph. 2:22) and, second, it is the church (1 Tim. 3:15). Thus, to go into the sanctuary of God, we need to turn to our spirit and go to the meetings of the church. Once we are in the sanctuary—in the spirit and in the church—we will have another view, a particular perception, of the situation concerning the wicked (vv. 18-20). *In our spirit and in the church we receive divine revelation and obtain the explanation to all our problems.

Psalms 73:25

Whom do I have in heaven but You? And besides You there is nothing I desire on earth.

In God’s sanctuary the psalmist was instructed to take only God Himself as his portion, not anything other than God. The one who does not care for God may gain many things and seem to prosper. However, the one who cares for God will be restricted by God and even stripped by God of many things, as was the case with Job (Job 1:6—2:10) and the apostle Paul (Phil. 3:7-8). God’s intention with His seekers is that they may find everything in Him and not be distracted from the absolute enjoyment of Himself. It is not a matter of keeping the law, as in Psa. 1, or of being right or wrong, but of gaining God and keeping God as everything.

Bible verses and footnotes from the Holy Bible, Recovery Version.

This pastor replied back with detail of queries for the Christian seminar and later in fellowship over the phone he invited me for his Bible school graduation meeting. In fellowship with the brothers serving with me, I confirmed for the graduation meeting first, and seminar to be considered later.

For two days in my Alalahabad city revisit I was accommodated in an defence service officers guest house suite. The first day I was spending most of my time in prayer and preparation for the graduation meeting. The burden the Lord gave in fellowship with the brothers was to share on the "Heavenly Vision" Saul saw in Acts 9 and what Paul preached further in the book of Acts.

It was their fourteen years anniversary with graduation meeting. The Lord released the word; in response to the pastor's request of sharing my personal testimony as well, I testified of how I got saved and how the Lord called me to serve, and ministered on the heavenly vision of Christ the Head and the believers as the members of His Body. With this I also gifted The Economy of God in Hindi to all the Bible school graduates, 14 of them all.

The following day was a personal time of fellowship with the pastor himself and also a visit to the two Bishops of CNI, one on leave and the other active, to further promote the ministry of the word to all Christian leaders, workers, and pastors. The personal time opened up more detail about the pastor himself and I also spoke more testimonies and truths concerning the church life. Initially I did not reckon it needful to pursue further with big Christian groups, but deep within the Lord told me, whomever the Lord opens, pursue further. Only the knows who are His and who will take the way of the truth in His recovery. After the meeting, fellowship and revisit, I became more clear that the Lord is opening up Allahabad city for His testimony.

When I came back I fellowshipped with the brothers in coordination and we all felt good to pursue further. Now the planning has been going on for Christian leaders' seminar. 

May the Lord gain all our coordination for the spread of His testimony in the Hindi heartland of India!