A WORD IN SEASON TO THE WEARY
January 10🌷🌷
“ Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart,
and of a good conscience, and faith unfeigned”
(1 Timothy 1:5).
“A friend of mine, an engineer, sent me Rs. 300/-. I never asked for it. Having heard that I had no money after my conversion he himself sent it to me. For sometime I forgot all about it. One day I found it hard to pray, and the Lord reminded me. He said, “You have to pay Rs. 300/- to your friend, who sent you that amount some time ago”. First I thought, because he was my friend and relation, it was not necessary to pay that amount. But I found it very, very hard to pray. So I prayed again, “Lord, will you send me some money today. I want to pay back this amount. I want to enjoy my prayer time”. The same day I received a money order for Rs. 305/- and the friend who sent it to me, wrote in the coupon, “The Lord spoke to me to send you Rs. 305/-”. I said, “Lord, I asked for only Rs. 300/- and not Rs. 305/-”. The Lord said, “Didn’t you say that you wanted to send it by T.M.O.?” So I sent that amount to my friend by T.M.O. Then I was able to pray freely. Thus there may be hindrances in your prayer life because of hard words spoken, negligence, defilement, bad habits, false statements given etc. Put things right and ask the Lord to give you a good conscience. Then you will enjoy spiritual bread and heavenly drink, by taking part in the Lord’s Table.
By one bread we are reminded that we all belong to one Church, and one Body. By His broken Body we have become one family. Now no more rich or poor, black or white. “For by one spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one spirit”(1 Cor. 12:13). “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus”. (Gal. 3:28). Do not take pride in education, wealth, position or country. We want His life to be poured into us to live as one family. Before God we are equally precious. That is our testimony that before God, we are equally precious and equally important because we are purchased by the same Lord by the same blood. He has paid the same price for all of us. If we take part in the Table worthily, then all of us can enjoy our share in the House of God. For that purpose the Lord has ordained the Testimony of the Lord’s Table to keep ourselves ready for His coming by living a pure life. He teaches us how to eat and drink Him freely and live as one family. May the Lord keep us ready for His coming.
