A Visit to Jalandhar

The Lord has taught me to read the situation at hand and seek His leading in every circumstance that I have been facing. When I was invited to attend a wedding meeting of a brother in Jalandhar, I could have easily excused myself as not an important matter. But as I considered before the Lord, I realized that the Lord is opening the door for me to travel and minister the word to the people in need. Though the invitation was for a wedding meeting, in reality, it was for the ministry of the Word. Therefore, I did not hastily confirm or deny whenever I received an invitation. Nor did I easily rely on my own feeling to accept or reject the invitation. Instead, I commit the matter to the Lord and follow the Lord's leading.

 

After attending a brother's weeding meeting at Khambra and signing as a witness to the groom, I felt my responsibility for the wedding was over and I left to meet other seeking believers. During my one-night and one-day stay in a brother’s home, I could attend three home meetings with seekers and enjoyed the rich flow of life through the ministry of the Word.

 

The first meeting was with two families in Jalandhar City. As the two families gathered to meet, the Lord gave me the burden to minister on the need for daily breathing, drinking, and eating the Lord. I quoted all the relevant Bible verses I ministered to them about the need for the breathing of the Holy Spirit by calling upon the Lord's name day by day, moment by moment; the need to drink the Spirit by asking the Lord in prayer, every day; and the need to read and pray-read the word of God in a way of eating the Lord. All these basic practices of the Christian life are the urgent need of every believer to live and grow in the Christian life. The saints were so supplied by the ministry of the word that they even requested me if I could come again and minister to them and other saints too.  My standard reply was, "As the Lord leads, please pray."

 

The second meeting was with my host, his wife, and his parent. The Lord gave me a word on husband and wife loving one another, being one with one another, and praying together as much as possible to maintain the love and oneness between them. As I ministered the word with a few life experiences, they were so supplied, especially the father of the family, and echoed that they needed such a speaking at that time.

 

The third and last meeting was with a family that also runs a tuition center for high school students. The word the Lord gave to me was on the need to be pure. Quoting from the Bible, Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God from Matthew 5:8, I ministered on purity in seeking the Lord. As Christians we should seek only the Lord and nothing else, we should learn to seek only Him as the blessing and nothing else. He is the Lord and he knows all our need, in time, He will provide sufficiently. I use the life testimony of Adoniram Judson, Graham Steward Stains, Watchman Nee, and my own testimony. As I shared the need of learning to be pure, the sister of the family started crying, being so touched by the testimonies, and the sacrifices of many men and women of God. I do believe, their concept of seeking the Lord for outward and physical blessings has been nullified. And that they would learn to be pure to seek the Lord only and trust in Him for all their needs instead of seeking for it.

What a wonderful visit to Jalandhar! May the Lord continue to speak to all the brothers and sisters and gain them for His testimony in Jalandhar!