Family Visit for the Gospel

A distant family member has been under treatment in Delhi for the past few months now. I was informed of the sickness when the treatment began in New Delhi. But I never got the opportunity to visit him nor his family. All the daily schedule kept me occupied all the time, and then I had to travel twice out of station until I could finally visit them a few weeks ago. I knew I could do nothing except encourage them in the word and prayer. I finally took time out to visit them. My main burden was neither to comfort them nor for consolation. But to minister the word of God and bring them to the Lord. 

When I did meet them, they all came together for a family time. I shared from John 4 on the Samaritan Woman and the need to worship God in spirit with an explanation on the three parts of man with body, soul, and spirit. Though I met the children of the family for the first time, they were very receptive. I gave them books on Shepherding Material for them to study lesson by lesson, encouraged them to have daily family prayer, Bible study and prayer. And finally, I prayed for all of them. That was the best I could do.

To me, the Lord is using the sickness to draw and gain the entire family to Himself. The sickness, though serious it may seem, was the channel God used to gain His beloved. They all agreed to this matter too. And I was comforted that the parent at least are learning this lesson.

Another cousin sister came into contact with me after twelve years indirectly through the sickness of this brother whom I visited. Before we met, the burden the Lord gave me was to lead her to the Lord and help her go on in her Christian life. We made and appointment to meet at  Mc Donald, Vasnat Kunj, New Delhi. 

As soon as I met her, she narrated all her life story. I was glad to learn of all that the Lord has been doing in her life. She used to be one of the lost cases in my list, but still trust the Lord can recover. Gradually, as I fellowshipped with her, the Lord reminded me of the Samaritan Woman. This sister of mine has been one such running after the world for so long. Now that she has come to her sense, I preached the gospel to her and prayed for her. Within that hour or so in the restaurant, I just felt the burden for her was lifted and that she indeed has genuinely been saved. Of course, she needs to be properly shepherded for her spiritual growth and brought into the fellowship of the church.  From my side, I have done all that I could. I gifted her a pocket NT Bible and a Basic Element of a Christian Life Vol. 1. 

I have the strong faith in the Lord that all my relatives, near and far, will be brought into salvation. All of them, household salvation. Only for this reason, I find it worth to visit my natural relations. It has also been my prayer to bring all my kiths and kins to the Lord and to the Lord's heart's desire, the church life. To this extent, I have created a WhatsApp family group for fellowship and also prayed for them almost every night in the family night prayer time. 

Lord, my household salvation!