Monday, April 28, 2008

• When God comes to Church

  Tonight me and my wife visited one of our church members' home.  The couple have an old mother (over 70 for a Nepali woman is a thing to celebrate).  She had been a devout Hindu until recently but the couple kept praying for their mother's salvation.  Eventually God did touch her heart and few months ago she accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her personal savior and discarded all her idols and worshipping items.  Last Saturday (Nepal has church service on Saturday) we had a wonderful worship service and the Lord touched the hearts of many hungry as well as hardened believers.  Five new people accepted the Lord.  But tonight, while talking with this elderly woman, my heart was so full of joy.  She said that as we began our worship, her whole body began to feel a kind of electricity go through her and towards the middle of the praise and worship, she could not stand up.  She would feel as if someone has picked up her body and is swirling around in the air, she would at times feel heat and see some kind of strange light.  Finally she asked the Lord to help her gain her control and give her the peace in heart, and to her surprise the body came to a standing still and the joy and peace of God filled her heart and took away all fear.

  The same day, after our service was over, we had planned our leadership seminar. It had been five long years since I had any proper contact with these leaders.  Some had developed a cold attitude and others were nearly apathetic towards anything I had to do or say.  Realizing the cold response, I thought about inviting one of my good pastor friends to minister us the word of God for the whole sessions.  But as I picked up the phone, something in my heart prompted me to not to make that phone call.  Lord began to impress on me that I must trust him, not man or my own ability.  So, the whole week, I was kind of nervous and finally Saturday came, we finished our service and left for the retreat center at 3PM.  All together we were 20.  We had a tentative schedule for three sessions but as the time progressed, we forgot all about our schedule.  The sweet move of God swept us all from under our feet.  By the time it was 2AM, we were so broken and united in heart and purpose.  No eyes were without tears and no feet were unwashed…never before had I seen God touch stony hearts like that!  When God visits the church, it’s a joy to be the under-shepherd of His flock.  This week, we are taking our young people to the same retreat center…please pray that the Lord would touch the young ones' lives as well.

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