Impromptu Fellowship

Last Monday, two brothers came without any appointment to meet me. I was not prepared for such an impromptu meeting as I had many official works pending that I need to finish. In fact, one of them had tried calling me up twice but I did not have the peace to receive the call as I knew his intention which he revealed to me briefly when I visited Imphal last time. He requested a piece of land from the land the Lord gave us in Ngarian which has now become a prime property in the village.  But I told him frankly that I had no intention to sell at the moment. Now, that he came to meet me face to face to request the same I had to be frank and use the opportunity to minister something of Christ to them instead.

They came just before I went to eat lunch. Since they came I had no choice but to sit with them and listen to them first. I was very much exercised in my spirit so as not to be deceived and repeat the mistake done by Joshua with the Gibeonites. As they requested if I could sell a portion of the land to them I had to explain to them that without the Lord's leading I have no liberty to decide anything on the land. Then I gave them the history of how that land was purchased and how the Lord sovereignly provided the finance during my wedding in Taipei through the saints offering. Since it was from the Lord the usage of the land is also up to the Lord's leading. As of now, I have no leading concerning the land.

Since they came all the way, I also took the opportunity to minister the truth concerning Christ and the church. How as Christians we all should live by the spirit and seek the Lord's leading in everything. We should not care for what people say about us, but care for what the Lord says about us. We should live before the Lord and treasure His presence above everything. Satan will come and place many baits to distract us from Christ and the church, but we must live a praying life to discern what is from the Lord and what is not from the Lord. Much more, we must stay away from any bait and distraction placed by Satan in our lives in many ways and forms. I also encouraged them to be open-minded to receive a fellowship from the brothers in the church life as both of them are already in contact with a few brothes, one in Imphal and the other in New Delhi. I also cleared off the notions surrounding the practices of the church life which are false accusations. But encouraged them to be open-minded, study the Bible, learn the truth, and be in fellowship with the brothers so that they can also be recovered to enjoy the Christian life in the church life. 

Though I did not heed their request, I did tell them that they can pray and if the Lord leads so, what the Lord has allotted for them will be theirs. They need not pursue or initiate anything on their own self-desire. As they ran after me to pursue and persuade me to sell a piece of land to them, I encouraged them to pursue the Lord in such a way as to gain Christ by all means. I took the opportunity to also gift them some ministry books which they can read; I did so by first asking them if they wanted to read. Only on their positive response I selected the following books and gifted them:

1. The Normal Christian Church Life
2. The Orthodoxy of the Church
3. Enjoying Christ as the Spirit and through the Word
4. The Overcoming Life
5. Shepherding Materials

The meeting went on for about two and a half hours and I had to miss my lunch and a weekly official online meeting. I do believe this fellowship will have a lasting impression on their inward being and pray that they also be recovered to enjoy the Lord with the saints where they both are. 

May the Lord gain these two brothers for His testimony one day.