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Third Generation Partaker of His Divine BlessingMy maternal grandfather began meeting with the local church while in China after attending one of Watchman Nee's meetings. He began to have meetings in his home. Later, when they immigrated to Penang, Malaysia, they continued to meet according to the Bible and the local church in Penang began from meetings in their home. My mother was married and moved to Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka), where I was born. As there was no local church in that part of the world at that time, she sent us children to a non-denominational group which turned out to be a “sheepfold” (John 10) until the time when the Lord sovereignly arranged for us to leave the country. During this time one of my aunts cared faithfully for us by sending us material from the ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, including the early editions of The Stream magazines. This enabled my mother to remain in the enjoyment of our Lord Jesus Christ. By God's mercy I was able to enter into the reality of what I had read as a child, the enjoyment in the local churches. Later, due to the job assignment of my husband, we had the privilege to stay in six different countries tasting the sweetness of the churches in those localities and also visiting many other local churches in our travel. My husband and I, together with our two children, truly experienced the Lord being our Good Shepherd and in Him we have no lack. Christ became the pasture for us to feed on and receive nourishment for our growth in life. Through the ministry of Watchman Nee continued by Witness Lee, we are inspired to love our Lord Jesus Christ and are encouraged to pursue and enjoy Him in the Word (Bible), taking the Bible as our standard. We are strengthened to continue to run this heavenly race taking Christ as our endurance (Heb. 12:1). Thus our lives on this earth are full of meaning, knowing our God has an eternal purpose that involves us. For His purpose to be accomplished and consummate in the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:2,10), we need Christ as our life, and we need to learn to be builded up with others in God's life by keeping the Word and experiencing Christ, the One whom we love as the factor and element of our oneness. We now enjoy the church in Surrey where we are blessed with people from different tongues, tribes and nations. I remember as a child singing “Jesus loves the little children, All the children of the world, Red and yellow, black and white, They are precious in His sight. Jesus loves the children of the world.” We truly have seen the reality of this simple children's song in our experience in the local churches. We enjoy the Christ in one another and are encouraged to live and walk in the way of life as revealed in the Scriptures. We thank the Lord for the pattern these faithful brothers, Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, have laid before us and for their lifelong service to the Lord so that we can know God's heart and can cooperate with His heart's desire. The last stanza of this hymn sums up all our experiences: Not alone, O Lord, do I adore Thee, But with all the saints as Thy dear Bride; Quickly come, our love is waiting for Thee; Jesus Lord, Thou wilt be satisfied. (Hymns, #1159) E.C. | Back to List |
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