In the blending conference of the churches in Kerala the brothers gave me forty-five minutes to fellowship with all the leading and responsible brothers, the official fellowship that needs to be conveyed to the churches. I fellowship the matter of change of service of the serving brothers for distribution of the ministry literature in Kerala, the release of the Gospel of Matthew Recovery Version in Malayalam, the need for prayer and support from the churches there for the translation of the Recovery Version Bible, the need for the saints to enter and dive into the present truth especially the Crystallization-study in the way of video training, and also for the churches coordination in the spread of the ministry all over Kerala.
Later, we had a fellowship with few brothers for the practical coordination in translating the ministry speaking for the video training. Without my trying to suggest or propose anything, the brothers themselves voluntarily came forward and made all the necessary arrangement. Everything became so sweet and the transaction very smooth. This was the result of the Lord's move and His presence. My function was to simply confirm what the Lord had already done.
Even my fellowship with the two brothers who are directly serving in the literature service, whatever I had in mind to fellowship with them, without me trying to impose anything, the brothers themselves spoke out what I intended to fellowship. It all turned out that the Lord already spoke to them as well what He had spoken to me concerning the new arrangement in their official functions. My personal fellowship with the two of them separately and together were very sweet and we all were in one mind and one accord.
Personally, I dare not misrepresent God even in my official responsibility. Though the case at hand may be serious, the way to deal with it is, by life and by love. Moses' dealing with problems by deferring everything to God and representing God as a deputy authority has been a great lesson and blessing to me in my service. I learn from the Bible and the ministry speaking all these practical lessons of dealing with situations. And the result is full of life, peace, joy, and all done in the way of shepherding.
With the brother involving in the misappropriation of account, I spent hours together fellowshipping late into midnight, in a way of shepherding. Though it was an official fellowship, he is a dear brother too. I presented my feeling from both official and brotherly point of view. In all my fellowship, my burden was to shepherd him, so that he can become more useful to the Lord. The worldly way would be "firing an unfaithful employee," but the Lord's way is a way of shepherding to recover him and even make him more useful to the Lord. The Lord graced me to shepherd him in such a way. He has been shepherding me so much, and I am doing the same with the serving ones.
One morning, we three brothers were enjoying morning revival together. As we just finished pray-reading the word of God, I felt we all should kneel down and pray. So we all knelt down and prayed for the Lord's covering, and His blessing in our coordination and service. That was the conclusion of my brotherly fellowship with them. We all enjoyed the flow of life in all our fellowship and prayer. What the enemy did for bad, the Lord turned it to be for our good. Praise the Lord for the flow of life!
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