Dependant Day

It was India's Independence Day, the 15th of August, when a team of serving ones from LSM visited New Delhi.

Initially, I decided to use the day for some spiritual activities for the church as it was a national holiday. Before I could bring it for fellowship, it was learned that there would be a Young Working Saints' Fellowship for which saints from Gurugram would also attend. Then I got a confirmed information that a team of saints from LSM would come to visit New Delhi to look for a possible venue to conduct an ITERO, perhaps, next year or the year following. With the latest information, I thought a brother who is coordinating with me would better take the official lead to accompany the saints from LSM, and  I fellowshipped the matter with that brother. But deep within I nor the brother did not have quite a peace within that I should stay back. He strongly told me that I should be there as this responsibility should be borne officially as the literature serving ones in coordination with LSM. The matter sank deep down into me for a day, and I also took it before the Lord in prayer. It was a good experience of learning to deny my own opinion and take the fellowship of the brother. This lesson is a must learn for all serving ones and even the saints.

After prayer and consideration, I was quite clear within that I should responsibly be there to accompnay the saints who came from LSM. Meanwhile, I also received a confirmation mail from the team about the schedule for the day. The Lord speaking through a brother, in my prayer time, and a mail sent to me, all confirmed the Lord's leading for this day. 

The whole morning I had the opportunity to learn from the team about the requirement for conducting international training and how to do business with the hotel management of five stars standard. The team is very experienced in this matter as they have been doing for decades in different part of the world. What a privilege to be able to learn just by being with them!

Later, we had lunch fellowship in the hotel itself where I learned more detail about conducting international training of this kind, and how this training followed the Lord's move to different parts of the world. The fact that this kind of training can be held in a particular city or country has a great spiritual significance in that city and country. It is indeed a blessing to host such a training where leading brothers from all over the world would come together for training. A brother rightly said that this is like hosting an Olympic or a World Cup in a secular world. That much weight it has for the world, so much the more it has in the spiritual realm too. It's a blessing to be the host nation.

Besides, I could also fellowship with a brother about literature service in person. In fact, through this fellowship a few important items were made clear related to my service. It was indeed a good time of blending and fellowship.

The Lord is supremely wise in leading me step by step in every matter. The day was a dependent day for me; dependent on the Lord and on the brothers. That "Independence Day" was my "Dependence Day", not just for a day or once a while, but all the days of my life.

Depend on the Lord, the Head, and His Body, the church, the fellow members of the Body; this is the key to receive the Lord's blessing!