In Mysuru, the brothers took me to attend a home meeting of a new one's family on the outskirts of the city. I hardly knew who this family was. Though the brothers briefed me a little bit, I had no idea what they needed and what they have been going through. But as we visited them, and as the custom is, they served whatever they could offer: a glass of milk, some pieces of biscuits, and a bunch of bananas.
As we finished the introductory formality, the brothers asked me to share something at the spur of the moment. I had no idea then. But as I enquired what they had been pursuing in the past, they mentioned that they started reading the Gospel of Matthew with the footnotes in the Recovery Version and that they completed Chapter 1. Then, I proposed that we pursue Chapter 2. So, we read in turns, verse by verse, the entire chapter.
As we were reading the verses, the Lord gave me the word to minister, "Leading Star."
Mt 2:2Saying, Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star at its rising and have come to worship Him.
Then for about an hour, I flowed out whatever the Lord burdened me to. The burden was on how we as Christians need to seek the leading of the Lord in everything and follow the Lord Jesus as the "leading Star" that would lead us to His heart's desire. As we follow the Lord, we must avoid our human concepts and opinions. In fact, deny our soul life totally and follow the living vision the Lord gave us through Him, the leading Star.
At times, we may be in difficult situations, but the Lord is living and He will lead us through, provided we faithfully follow Him as the Magi from the East did. Often we did make mistakes, which may lead to the 'killing" of innocent children, or the loss of something due to our unfaithfulness, still we must turn back to the Lord and drop our concepts. The Lord knows exactly what we have been going through and how to deliver us from the situations we are in, but we must be faithful to follow His leading star, seeking His will in the spirit in every minute detail. Even in the mistakes the Magi committed, the Lord still fulfilled the prophecy of the Prophets of old. Even in the gifts offered to the man-child Jesus, there was a prophecy of what kind of life Jesus would live on the earth and accomplish God the Father's plan. And how these gifts were also useful for the Lord and His earthly parent to travel from Judea to Egypt and from Egypt to Nazareth so that He who was born in Bethlehem would grow up in Nazareth as Jesus, the Nazarene. Again, a prophecy fulfilled. In all the details, God was involved. In like manner, in all the details of our human life, God is involved as we are His children. So, we must diligently seek and follow Him as the "leading Star."
Then, I shared my testimony of how the Lord, as the leading Star, led me in my college life and how He ultimately called me to serve Him full-time, and how He has been leading me day by day. The saints were so supplied, and I also enjoyed the supply of the Lord very much. The anointing was so sweet as the Lord flowed through me as the living water to all of us.
Finally, as we prayed one by one, the family that we visited, the wife and the husband, prayed with tears of joy, weeping as they prayed, for the Lord spoke to them the living word that they desperately needed at the moment. Though they prayed in Kannada, I could sense their spirit and the burden they poured out as a brother translated their prayers for me. They prayed with joy yet with tears as the living Lord spoke to them and the leading Star now led them concerning how to go through the hard times that have been going through. Then, we were all full of joy. The couple's expression was full of light through the fellowship.
Just before we left, the Lord burdened me to offer the offering I received in my ministry journey to them, and I did in obedience to the Lord's leading. I handed over all the offerings I received to the brother. I must listen to the leading Star, so I must obey the leading Star within me. I believe the offering I received was for them, and I offered it with joy. Later, as we left the house, the brother called to testify that this was the best meeting they had ever had in their Christian life. Praise the Lord!
May the Lord continually lead them by His Star and fully recover them for His testimony in Mysuru.