A yearly Christian Mela has been conducted in the outskirt of Bilaspur city where Christians come together for meetings and exhibitions. The ministry of the word has found its perfect spot for ministry display in this Mela. A few weeks ago I came to attend this exhibition with five brothers. It was my first time to attend such, and that too for just one day. And in that one day, the Lord has brought a good number of seeking Christians to receive and buy the ministry books.
In the previous exhibition, a group of seeking believers have been discovered who took the stand for the Lord's testimony as "the church in Bilaspur." In between, there were some misunderstand and turmoil among the brothers and there was no follow-up. On our last day in the city, I requested the brother who knew them, to make a call just for a short brotherly visit. In fact, I told them we should pay them a visit just to say "Hello!". They were more than willing to welcome us and waited for us one Saturday evening.
As we visited them, the Lord gave me a feeling within to speak the truth on the one new man; the creation of the one new man and the reality of the one new man. The fellowship became so sweet and so strong that the key leading brother took down notes and read all the Bible verses we quoted. After the fellowship and prayer, they requested us if we could stay back on the Lord's day to fellowship with them. My feeling deep with us that I should cancel my trip to the next city and stay back to attend the meeting on the Lord's day. I did not decide it by myself, yet I told the brothers that we could possibly stay back, but we would fellowship and let them know later. Then we left.
As we left I was deeply convinced within that I should stay back. As I fellowshipped with the brothers how they felt about some of us staying back to fellowship with them, they all felt good. Meanwhile, I also checked the status of my train ticket for the next city Raipur. It so happened that among all the train tickets, only my ticket was not confirmed. I took that as a sign from the Lord that I needed to stay back. By the way, I cannot legally board the train without a confirmed ticket. That's how the Lord practically led us.
Two brothers and I attended the Lord's day meeting and ministered the word on the one new man and the way to be brought into the practice and reality of the one new man using Colossians on the need for the arbitrating peace of Christ, the indwelling word of Christ, and doing all things in the name of the Lord:
3:12 Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, inward parts of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, long-suffering; 3:13 Bearing one another and forgiving one another, if anyone should have a complaint against anyone; even as the Lord forgave you, so also should you forgive. 3:14 And over all these things put on love, which is the uniting bond of perfectness. 3:15 And let the peace of Christ arbitrate in your hearts, to which also you were called in one Body; and be thankful. 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God. 3:17 And whatever you do in word or in deed, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
The believers were so shepherded; they took down notes and recorded the ministering of the word. After the meeting, the saints wanted to fellowship more and I shared on the grace of the Lord upon me in leading me to serve the Lord. Then we were invited for a fellowship over lovefeast lunch and then departed for the ext city Raipur.
May the Lord fully recover the church in Raipur into the fellowship, oneness, blending, and building up of the Body of Christ!
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