Seeing God

We were on a book distribution at the book fair in Chattisgarh when a group of brothers came and met us and invited us to join their online meeting via Zoom in the night. This group of believers has taken the stand as the church in Bilaspur based on the ministry books they have been reading and enjoying. Though it was a very busy day at the book fair, we winded up our exhibition earlier and headed back to our lodge, about an hour's drive to be in time to join the online meeting. 

As I was considering what to minister to all the saints who joined the online meeting, about 200 of them, the instant leading of the Lord was to minister on "Seeing God" which was also very fresh to me from the recent training on the book of Job. In coordination with a brother who did the Hindi translation, the word of God ministered. 

I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye has seen You; Therefore I abhor myself, and I repent in dust and ashes. Job 42:5-6

I presented the background of the book of Job and explained why God allowed Satan to deal with Job. The intrinsic essence of the book of Job was presented, which is the eternal economy of God to dispense Himself into His chosen people to make them God-man and not merely good man so that this man could be a vessel to contain God and express God to fulfill God's eternal purpose. I also presented the practical way to see God by being pure in heart.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8

When I spoke I followed the inner anointing and ministered the word as it came verse by verse, point by point. Later, when I reconsidered whatever I ministered, I realized that the same points were written down in the outline of the training.  I was surprised at the correlation between what the brothers have written and what the Holy Spirit led me to ministry. This, indeed, was a proof that in the Body of Christ we are all in one Spirit with one vision, one teaching, and one goal. The message and the outline are in line with one another. Here I quote the outline which sovereignly is also the points I ministered. 

In order to see God, we must deal with our heart—2 Cor. 3:16, 18; Matt. 5:8; 13:18-23:

We must be renewed in the spirit of our mind by being re constituted with the holy word of God to be instructed, governed, ruled, and controlled by God’s word—Eph. 4:23; Deut.17:18-20; Phil. 2:2, 5.

We must be on fire with the Lord’s love, having an emotion filled with Him as our zeal for His house—1:8; 2 Cor. 5:14; 2 Tim. 1:6-7; John 2:17; Mark 12:30. 

We must have our will subdued by Christ and transformed with Christ through sufferings so that it is submitted to the headship of Christ (Phil. 2:13; cf. S. S. 4:1, 4; 7:4a, 5), and we must maintain a good and pure conscience by the priceless, cleansing, and purifying blood of Christ (Acts 24:16; 1 Tim. 3:9; Heb. 9:14; 10:22).

To this, I also added the need for beholding and reflecting God daily and showed the saints the practical way to do so. 

But we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit. 2 Cor. 3:18

This meeting had set the stage for further fellowship with the saints in Bilaspur. Therefore, the following day, we were invited again to meet with the saints on their Saturday night meeting physically, where we continued to share the burden on the book of Job and strengthened the point on God's economy. This was the timely speaking of the Lord for the saints there, and the Lord was bringing the saints into the up-to-date speaking for the recovery of His remnant.

Lord, grace the saints in Bilaspur for Your testimony.