Lord's Move to Uttar Pradesh

The Lord is sovereign over all. I had no choice but to follow Him and exercised to be one with Him and His move. This month of July I decided to stay back as many official works needed to be done. Of course, I did them all, one by one. But, as a brother proposed the distribution trip to North India, my initial reaction was to let the other brothers go and I stay back. A week passed by, and as I went before the Lord to consider this matter, deep within me I had the burden to go too, at least to Aligarh. The city of Aligarh stood out among all. 

For some reason, the city of Aligarh had been ringing in my heart. But when I checked for contacts, I did not get any positive response. One Wednesday morning as we were fellowshipping about the North India distribution plan, I realized that a brother who had to join could not. Therefore, it became imperative for me to join and modify the dates for distribution as the dates were based on that brother who could not join. Then, one Friday as I went before the Lord to pray, I was even further confirmed about my participation in this trip. When I called a brother from Karnal, he gave me a brother's phone number in Aligarh whom I contacted. He welcomed me to visit him. This became the Lord’s confirmation for the visit to Aligarh!

The Lord had arranged everything again. Though I planned to use my car, I could not bring my car. It suddenly had an electrical minor issue prompting us not to take the car. The first time it ever happened in the history of this car. Later, it was discovered that it was a switch fuse issue. Then I realized it was the Lord telling us not to take the car this time. Because flood and religious Kawara blocked the road we were supposed to tread. And for our need for the distribution, a car had already been arranged in Aligarh!

Likewise, the cities, towns, and villages the Lord wanted us to visit were all arranged spontaneously by the local brothers. We simply followed their instructions and leading, step by step. In fact, they themselves planned the localities and people to visit. We only did the introduction and distribution of the ministry of the word.

Even for our accommodation and food, we enjoyed whatever was provided to us. In the village on the housetop or in a guest house in a city, it really did not matter. For what matters most was the Lord’s presence, as it always is and will be. This reminds me of the hymn below.

Hymn #348

What matters where on earth we dwell?

On mountain top, or in the dell,

In cottage, or a mansion fair,

Where Jesus is, my joy is there!

This is the Lord’s move and He is carrying it out according to His heart's desire. We labor in His labor as we are one with Him. The Lord's work the Lord is doing through His vessels, us. 

Lord, bless Your move in UP, especially Aligarh!