From This Day, I will Bless You!

Is there yet seed in the barn? Indeed even the vine and the fig tree and the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit; from this day I will bless you. (Haggai 2:19, RecVer)

Turn to the stronghold, O prisoners with hope. This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you. (Zechariah 9:12, RecVer)

Today, as we concluded the weekend Serving Ones Training (SOT) In Hyderabad, the Lord did a marvelous work in my inward being. I experienced the Lord lifting away a heavy burden I had been bearing all these years. It was to do with my inward struggle, dealing with my self and natural man. As the Lord spoke and spoke His living and timely words, He unveiled me layer by layer. He also showed my being the divine light that penetrated deep within, brightening me up inwardly to the extend that I experienced a new birth into a new realm, the divine and mystical realm. It was indeed a great spiritual experience, and perhaps a second salvation! As we fellowshipped and fellowshipped on God's word, the Lord showered upon me Himself as the blessing! It all transpired through His speaking in the fellowship, in the training, and even personally. And He Himself spoke the living word to me, "from this day I will bless you (Haggai 2:19, RecVer)" and " I will restore double to you. (Zechariah 9:12, RecVer)."

The past few weeks and days, I had been through intense heat and pressure deep within my inward being. I could only confide in the Lord and take the cross. The bearing of the cross is not that easy. If not for the grace of God, I would have quit already. Self denial, giving up opinion and preferences, taking up the cross, and accepting every arrangement of the Lord in the Body were all graced to me one after the other. There was even a point when I inwardly told the Lord, "Enough, I can bear no longer. Have mercy on me Lord!" With all these gracious experiences, the Lord finally showed me the great light at the end of the long and dark tunnel! Hallelujah!

Surely, His mercy and goodness has followed me. I got a great deliverance! Last night, after hectic schedule with the training and meeting with the saints, I also spent time in prayer till midnight with a brother. This morning, in the freshness of the Lord’s presence I enjoyed the Lord’s Table meeting. Then, in coordination with a co-working brother, we presented the literature service burden, and then we had the final message on the one unique ministry.

I was so supplied by the ministry of the word. At the end of the message, along with other brothers, a concluding word was ministered. Though impromptu, the word the Lord gave me to minister on this lines. 

"It is the Lord’s mercy that we are in His recovery today. Not because of any of our merits, not even because of our loving the Lord or seeking the Lord, but because He has shown His mercy upon us, that captured us with truth and graced us to be in His recovery. Yes, we need to be vessel unto honor by being an open vessel and receive the breathing of God which is His Scriptures 2 Tim 3:16 that teaches us, gives us revelation, convicts us, corrects us, and instructs us in righteousness that we may be a man of God fully equipped. Then, in the one unique ministry, as we have a portion in it too, we can function for the building up of the Body of Christ (Eph. 4:11, 12)."

Later, as I read my daily portion of the word of God, He spoke to confirm my experience 

by giving me the living word, "from this day I will bless you (Haggai 2:19, RecVer)" and " I will restore double to you. (Zechariah 9:12, RecVer)." 

Beside, today I completed the forty-forth time of my Bible reading!

O what a salvation! O What a release and blessing! Bless me Lord, from this day! Restor double to me! Amen!