Special Customer

A few days ago I received a desperate call from a customer who wanted to buy our spiritual books online but could not do so. In his desperate attempt, he ordered the books online but the purchase was not through. Perhaps, on further browsing our site, he must have gotten my number with which he contacted me over the phone. Once he explained his case over the phone that his transaction was through, I immediately realized he was indeed very desperately in need of books. Technically, I should have cross-checked all his claim of payment, but I simply took him at his word and decided to send him the books and requested him for the title of the books. Later, he texted me the list of books which I forwarded to the serving ones to send him immediately. For my burden is very clear: To give food at the proper time based on Mathew 24:45 Who then is the faithful and prudent slave, whom the master has set over his household to give them food at the proper time? My priority is not business at all, though we are a business entity set up for the distribution of the ministry of the word, my priority always is to supply spiritual food to saints and seekers and sinners too.

He was so touched by the way I handled the matter; he texted me back with words of thanks. He further went on asking me for more books. As he did so, I sensed that he is a genuine and desperate seeker of the truths. For such people is my service dedicated to. So I texted him to contact me anytime or even call me, basically giving him the freedom to freely contact me. Immediately after he saw my text message he called me.

We had about 18 minutes fellowship over the phone. He opened up his discouragement with the degraded Christianity; how he had been "church" hoping only to be left empty and thirsty. Somehow, he came across brother Watchman Nee's books and was so helped by it. Therefore, he could find us online at our site, and we got connected.

I fellowshipped with him the importance of seeing the Body of Christ as Saul of Tarsus saw in Acts 9; the Lord Christ, and the corporate Me (Christ), the church, the Body of Christ, with an overview of the epistles of Paul. I emphasized the Body of Christ again and again, as this truth has been so much ignored and neglected by many preachers today. I testified of how the Lord led me to see and know the Body through the book, The Normal Christian Church Life, by Watchman Nee and his co-worker, Witness Lee. I briefed him also the need to meet as the church according to the Bible, and how I myself was led in the scriptural way of meeting. Then, with an exhortation to love the Lord and pursue Him in the word, I prayed and promised to introduce him to the brothers and the church in Bangalore, where he is at the moment. Later, I introduced him to a brother in the church in Bangalore. 

May the Lord shepherd him into His flock.

This kind of customer is very rare. For sure this is a special customer for whom the Lord has placed me to serve in the literature service, in the ministry of the word.