Fifth Visit to Prison

Today morning, I received a call from a brother handling the case of our brothers in confinement, informing me to pick up the brothers who are due to release today afternoon. Together with another brother, we decided to go. Since the video training for the churches in North India started today, we took leave from the training and went to Mathura. On the way, we received another information that the release was due only for the evening. Nevertheless, we decided to wait until the evening. So, we had lunch out with the brothers handling the case. Then, spent time visiting a museum and a walk of fellowship at a park.

In fact, last Saturday evening, we also had a fellowship to give thanks to the Lord for finally granting bail to our brothers after four months in the confinement. There,  we shared our experiences of Christ through all these processes. Though the experiences were tough, the Lord’s grace was bountifully supplied to all the family members and the saints. I thanked the Lord for His sovereignty in working us through the environment and perfecting us for His testimony, especially in North India. What a grace! What a mercy! Thank You, Lord Jesus! Praise You, Lord Jesus!

I also shared my portion of experiencing Christ through this incident. Many things have changed since then, in my personal Christian life, corporate church life and family life, official life, and my view and understanding of the world situation especially in my country India. Everything has been a new chapter since then. In these four months, many things transpired inexplicably and that too, in a short span of time. Pressure, heat, and time with the flow of living water truly transform us to be living stones!

Today, finally, our brothers were released! Two in the morning and the remaining three in the evening! What a blessing that I could participate in receiving my brothers from the prison to bring them home!

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Because those whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brothers; (Romans 8:28-29, RecVer)

Looking at all that the Lord has done, all things indeed work together for good for us to be conformed to the image of His Son. To all these, I can only worship the Lord for His ways as well as for His deeds. Hallelujah!