Shepherding: Coordination

Last Monday, I had an appointment with a family and I was prepared to meet them and release my burden concerning the vision of the oneness among God's children. But in the morning, a brother called me up and requested me to go to another family as he was not keeping well and could not visit the family. He felt that I should go as the family has been through some situation and we have coordinated together to shepherd them in the past weeks. Besides, the son and daughter-in-law of the family also came for the meeting last Lord's day very unexpectedly, perhaps, the Lord brought them as they have been shepherded and prayed for by the saints in the church here. Initially, I wanted some other satins to go as I would not like to miss the other family I made an appointment with. But I decided to check if I could cancel or postpone the meeting for some other day so that I could go to the family my brother requested me for.

I made the call and it was sovereign of the Lord that this new brother also was not keeping well and that his doctor had advised him to take rest for at least two days. So, it was apt for me to cancel it. In this way, I discerned that the Lord had led me to go to the family as I was requested to go. So I went.

In the home meeting, I was alone with the family as another family could not make it for some reason. And though the message pursuing was to be on the book The Tree of Life, the leading of the Lord was for a brotherly fellowship.  We began the meeting by singing a hymn of the Spirit mingled with our human spirit. Right after the hymn singing the atmosphere of the meeting took a new turn. The family members wanted to have fellowship on certain points and also wanted to clarify certain doubts about certain truths of the Bible. So the home meeting was a very lively home meeting.

Our fellowship began with how to discern being in the spirit from not being in the spirit. This point helps the entire family to exercise their spirit so as to live in the spirit. Otherwise, by default, we all live in our soul at best or in our flesh at worst. Then, the matter of knowing God's will came up. I was glad to fellowship from the truth points using many relevant Bible verses and also expounded from my experiences.  Later, a question on baptism came up, and I used relevant Bible verses to explain the significance of baptism. Then, we all prayed together.

I really enjoyed the home meeting, and the family too were very glad that that was the sovereignty of the Lord for me to visit them and fellowship on some points they have been wanting to clarify. This is the blessing of coordination. I was shepherded in shepherding in coordination. Had I not coordinated, I would have missed this wonderful shepherding to myself and to the saints. 

What a blessing to serve in coordination! The Lord's timely shepherding is in store for those who serve in coordination.