Follow-up Shepherding: Raipur with New Ones

As we came to this city, before we could meet the saints, we were given hospitality in the house of a brother's relative. With this family, we shared personal testimonies to encourage them in their Christian lives. Since the son wanted to serve the Lord, we encouraged him to pray and seek the Lord's leading so that he could serve in the way he ought to serve. Besides, we fellowshipped with them the need for daily enjoyment of the Lord in the word of God and in prayer, and we gifted brother Watchman Nee's biography, A Seer of the Divine Revelation in the Present Age. 

As we were in the city, I also got a pastor's number from another brother. This brother came to meet us, then we fellowshipped with him on the matter of the church. The truth is the truth, so we faithfully ministered the word as presented in the Bible. We hope that he could receive the word and serve according to the word. 

This brother also invited us on the Lord's day morning before we went to the saints' meeting place. We had just thirty minutes for the word as we had to attend the Lord's Table Meeting. In that thirty minutes, we ministered from the gospel of Luke, on the good Samaritan and the one thing needed in serving the Lord. In fact, that was the instant speaking of the Lord to me that morning. 

Luke 10:34-35And he came to him and bound up his wounds and poured oil and wine on them. And placing him on his own beast, he brought him to an inn and took care of him. And on the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, Take care of him; and whatever you spend in addition to this, when I return, I will repay you. 

Luke 10:39And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet and was listening to His word. 

Luke 10:42But there is need of one thing, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her. 

The Lord's shepherding us like the good Samaritan; coming down to us as a man, binding up our sinful wounds and healing us, giving us the Holy Spirit as the oil, dispensing the divine life as the wine, and shepherding us into the church life so that we can serve the Lord by taking care of the one thing: Sitting at the Lord's feet and listening to His word.

The new ones so hungrily received the word of God. Our burden was just to minister the word as the Lord led us.

Few days later, we met the same pastor again on our way back, during our transit at Raipur. He gave us lunch and fellowship with us something of his pastoral service. My heart was burning to minister to him on what to serve and how to serve. Therefore, we fellowshipped with Him from the epistle to the Ephesians. 

Ephesians 4:11-13And He Himself gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as shepherds and teachers, For the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ, Until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

At length, we fellowshipped on the church as the Body of Christ and how it needs to be built up by being recovered into the ground of oneness and the perfecting works in the ministry. For this, there needs to be a seeking heart and pray that the Lord would make His ways known: To know God, and find His favor and serve Him accordingly. 

Exodus 33:13Now therefore if I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know now Your ways, that I may know You, so that I may continue to find favor in Your sight. Consider also that this nation is Your people.

A book, The Tree of Life, was gifted to him for his pursuit of Christ as life, and if he is really seeking the truth, we told him we would send more books in Hindi.

May the Lord recover Him also for His testimony in Raipur.