Six Days War

The Six Days War in the history of the world was the war fought between Israel and it Arab neighbors from 5 to 10 June 1967 (6 days) and Israel triumph over its enemy miraculously. I had this experience in a minute scale last week, though just a storm in a tea cup. The brother who had opposed the ministry and the church life,  and whom the Lord burdened me to shepherd with a strong hope and faith of his recovery, suddenly changed his mind. His much expectation from a prosperity and charismatic Christian leader turned out to be a mere fairly tale. Despite the much glamorous and glitter on YouTube advertised by this prosperity gospel preacher, the reality was far from what was presented on social media. This brother who was temporarily deceived came to his sense when he was not even allowed to meet him, the so called Christian "papa". I am glad that he experimented on such leader and found out his true color, much to his disappointment. That was good. He learnt his lesson. Then, he remembered the church life and the brothers in Christ who have lovingly shepherded him and his family all this while. When faced with such a reality, he called me and requested to come and stay with me for fellowship and decided to stay until he would be fully satisfied. My joyful reply was, "Praise the Lord, brother! Welcome!"

He came and stayed with us for six days. In fact, he was accommodated in the literature guest room,  full of ministry books. Only a few weeks ago he burned the ministry books out of anger and misunderstanding. In his recovery process, the Lord put him in a room full of ministry books. I termed the duration of his stay with my family as a process of recovery and rest for him and equated this with the six days war Israel fought with Arab neighbors. In this case, the Israel of today, the church, has been fighting with religious Babylon with all her mixture in teachings and practices. And the minority genuine brotherly love has won over the millions of so called believers running after healing and miracles without really caring for the Lord's heart's desire of brotherly love among the believers as the church in Philadelphia.

Day by day, during the six days stay, I fellowshipped with him, ministered the pure word of God as the Lord led me, and prayed with him. Each day, the Lord gave me a word for my beloved brother. On the first day, the word was, rest. I encouraged my brother to simply refrain from all that he ran after and simply take rest. The second day, the word was on heading up in Christ. He should cease from all his rebellious attitude towards the ministry and the saints in the church life, and be simply headed up by enjoying the Lord together with the members of the Body of Christ. The third day, the word was on peace. I encouraged him to cut off all religious, secular, and social ties that only instigated his flesh and stole his peace. He even deleted his Facebook account and reduced his social media and phone usage, to be at peace, and not to be unnecessarily distracted. The fourth day, the word was on the church life. He joined the Lord's Table meeting in the church in Gurugram and we fellowshipped together, enjoying the church life. The fifth day, the word was on reconciliation and restoration of broken relationship. I took him to two brothers with whom he had a verbal spat and disagreement on spiritual matters. Over lunch and dinner fellowship at two different brothers' home, a process of reconciliation was carried out in fellowship and the relationship and fellowship was recovered. Finally, on the sixth day, a lesson on character to be useful vessel to God, and the learning of spiritual lesson on authority and submission was imparted. I gifted him three books, The Breaking of the Outerman and the Release of the Spirit, The Character of the Lord's Workers, and Authority and Submission.

After six days of shepherding care and brotherly fellowship, the spiritual battle was won! He felt fully satisfied. He felt at peace and rest now. And having accomplished the purpose of his visit, he flew back to his hometown, Raipur. As the Lord burdened me for him, his family, and his locality, city and state for the sake of God's economy and the Lord's testimony, we have agreed to fellowship and pray together online every Saturday. 

May the Lord fully gain him and his family for His testimony as He allowed me to win the six days spiritual war.