Flow of Life: An Elderly Brother

Leviticus 19:32  You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the face of the old man. And you shall fear your God; I am Jehovah.

This was the Lord's speaking concerning my burden to fellowship with a senior and elderly brother whom the Lord used as a pioneer for the ministry of the word to be brought to India and it was also through him the Lord's recovery in India has its beginning. He is one such faithful brother who has been serving since the very beginning of the literature service in India till date. He surely deserves the honor and respect, in the principle of incarnation.  Especially for me, I sincerely respect and honor him. My principle is simple, honor to whom honor is due and respect to whom respect is due. So, whenever I got the opportunity, I would visit him and fellowship with him.

As a part of my official trip, I went to visit this brother and his wife at Kochi. For one night and one day, I fellowshipped with him on the literature service. My responsibility was to listen to him and learn whatever needs to be learned from such an experienced and elderly brother. One night I listened to him, his testimony of how he got saved, how the Lord led him to North East India to work, and how the Lord led him to the ministry books, The Orthodoxy of the Chruch and The Glorious Church, which became a seed for the Lord's recovery in India. Thirty years have elapsed since the initiation of the Lord's testimony here. What a blessing to be able to serve and coordinate with such a precious brother!

Besides some official fellowship, I also fellowshipped with them my recent enjoyment of the Lord's speaking. As we fellowship, it just flowed out from my being, and I believe it was the Lord who led me to overflow the riches of the ministry. I shared my enjoyment of three messages, The All-inclusive Christ Being the Allotted Portion of the Saints, according to God’s Choice, as Their Divine Inheritance for Their Enjoyment; The Water for Impurity; and The Vision of the All-sufficient One—the Divine View of God’s People. 

As I started sharing, these messages were the outflow of my enjoyment of the Lord. I had no intention to speak these messages. The Lord knows what was the timely need of the brother and sister. Perhaps, the Lord had a special burden to release. In fact, as I fellowshipped with them I felt strongly the Lord's speaking and flow from deep within. They also enjoyed the flow of life and testified of how timely the Lord's speaking was and how rich the ministry was, and they still are and will ever be. The sister poured forth words of praises and thanks and the brother offered a strong prayer in thanksgiving after the sharing in a way of an overflow of life. We all enjoyed the sweet and wonderful fellowship.

After such a timely and sweet flow of life, my burden was released, and I flew back home. Praise the Lord for the ministry of the age, full of life and life supply!