Two Brothers

This week, the Lord has begun to practically answer the prayer we offered to Him as the church. Our burden before the end of this year 2020 is to gain 100 saints who are regularly meeting on the Lord's day. So far, we have come up to a little over half the target. In fact, if we were to include all the saints being shepherded regularly, the number would come to 75% of our goal. But our prayer has been to achieve 100%. I personally do not know how the Lord will do this, but I strongly believe the Lord will do it as we cooperate with Him in His move.

On Wednesday, a father and son came to the literature office to look for ministry books in Hindi. While they were browsing through the catalog, though I was in an online fellowship, I felt the need to go and spend time with them who were in our living room. I realized they were sent by the Lord miraculously to bring them into contact with the church here in Gurugram. The son has been looking for a proper fellowship on the word of God though he used to go to one of the denominations in the city. Somehow, he felt the lack of spiritual feeding there. Meanwhile, his father visited him from Nagpur who already has been in touch with the brothers in the church in Nagpur and has tasted the ministry. His father was so impressed by the truth in the ministry and wanted his son to be in fellowship with the church. Through this one meeting, the father and son decided that they should be in fellowship with the church in the Lord's recovery. We exchanged phone numbers and he promised to start meeting with us once he comes back from visiting his ailing mother in Nagpur.

A few days later, his father called me and requested me to take care of his son spiritually who has been working in Gurugram. He expressed his desire that his son should be established in the word of God and be in fellowship with us in the local church. I was surprised that though they being members of one of the biggest Christian denominations in North India, they themselves decided to come to the church life. Generally, it has been so hard for some families I know for decades to come out of that denomination as they have "everything" outward for their religious needs. But this father and son have seen something from the Bible revealed through the ministry books and were eager to come into the church life. May the Lord preserve them and shepherd them with his healthy word so that they can be shepherded and built up in the church life here. 

Yesterday, the brother I met two weeks ago came to fellowship with me. He shared how he was impressed by the truths that I shared when I visited him the first time at his home concerning the church as the Body of Christ and the one new man and that how we follow the word of God as truthful and faithful as we could according to the Lord's grace. He was so happy that we met. In fact, in fellowship, we have decided to meet once every week for fellowship, prayer, and the study of the word. He is a local Hindi speaking brother. He has also been serving the Lord according to his own capacity and has been seeking a proper fellowship with a proper church according to the Bible. 

Though I cannot judge a person just by two meetings, still deep within me I have the realization that this is the Lord's doing in answer to the prayer of the Body for the increase. He also shared his burden to serve the local Hindi speaking people in Gurugram. That is also our burden too as the church. Perhaps, this is the way the Lord has opened for His move among the local people as we have been praying. I trust the Lord, He will gain the two brothers, both native Hindi speakers, who love the Lord and have the burden to serve the local people. 

As I fellowship about these two brothers in the brothers' fellowship this morning, we all were filled with joy and thanksgiving to the Lord for His move and answering the prayer of the Body. We all should prepare ourselves to shepherd these two brothers that the Lord may gain them and perfect them for His building work. 

May the Lord grace us the wisdom we need to shepherd them and build them up in the Body life.