The Joy of Sharing God's Blessing

Sixteen years ago when the Lord called me to serve Him full-time, I had a fellowship with my mom and dad concerning the Lord's clarion call. But my parent strongly objected to it as they wanted me to work and support the family. But God's calling within me was so strong that I stood firmly for my decision to serve the Lord full-time. It was then that my father became very upset and shouted at me, "I have been supporting you till today, and now you want to go your own way?" My innate reply was, "Dad, it's not my way, it is the Lord's way." And I further told my parent, "Thank you for supporting me till today. From now on, I will not receive anything from home. But if the Lord blesses me I will share the blessings of God with you."

Time and again, the Lord honored the words I spoke to my parent in faith in 2003. Since then, He has been so faithful to meet all our needs, beyond what we can ask or think. Since then, we have been sharing the blessings of God with our family back home in terms of finance and in many other ways and things, physical, psychological, and spiritual. The source is the Lord, and we are being graced to be the channel of God's blessings even in physical and financial matters too.

This time around, our house construction in Imphal is going on. At least for a three-fold reason, my wife and I feel good to share the blessings of God again. Firstly, to continue to fulfill the words of faith spoken when the Lord called me to serve Him. Secondly, as a shepherding supply to our family as the eldest son carrying out his responsibility in the humanity of Jesus, and thirdly, to shepherd my younger brother who has been taking care of the family matter at home and to recover him to the Lord and to the church life. Besides, I also have a burden that the house properly constructed can be useful for the Lord's move; the living room could be used for the meeting of the saints, as the local church in Imphal meets often in my house, and it can also be useful for the hospitality of the saints. For these purposes, we felt good to participate again this time with Rs. 2,00,000 (Two Hundred Thousand rupees) for the house construction. Therefore, as of today, the entire amount has been transferred in four installments of Rs. 50,000 each.

Along with all these financial sharing, as a family, we could fellowship and pray together once a week. Our love for one another and our bonding and blending with one another has been strengthened. Inwardly and outwardly, we all feel good about what the Lord has been doing through us. There has been so much peace, joy, love, and care for one another since we decided to share in the Lord's blessing. This is the joy of sharing the blessings of God, this time with my own family members. In this way, my prayer is, all that we are and have, be for Christ and the church. And we can truly declare as a household, "But as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah." Joshua 24:15b

Praise the Lord!