European Young Adults (EYA) Thursday fellowship - April 23rd

Br. Reggie Favors:

What is "fellowship"? 
The divine flow of the Triune God. 

It is the fellowship that brings us into the experience of the Triune God.

The secret of the epistles of John and even the gospel written by God, the theme is LOVE. This is because of the mingling with the Lord and thus LOVE becomes a theme, and it is love that makes us open to Him and willingness for participating in the fellowship.

The interwoven fellowship 
- Vertical (2Cor): the Holy Spirit - we need to learn how to enter into this divine fellowship (also, we have the position to enjoy this fellowship but in our practical experience, we need to practise enjoying and entering in this fellowship. Thus, we need to practise setting apart some time to the Lord, and open to the Lord in His Word in simple prayers).

1. Open our ears:
Our ears need to be cleansed from the voices outside, and because His voice is very gentle and small, we need to practise learning to hear His Word via His Word.

2. Eyes be opened:
To experience His unsearchable riches.

- Horizontal
When we enjoy the vertical fellowship, we will desire to have the horizontal fellowship. Sometimes in our experience, we might feel that the heavens are shut and we feel nothing. When we touch the flowing in this divine life, we experience the attributes in this divine life. This divine fellowship will lead us to touch light, love, and various aspects of Christ. The light shows us who Christ is, but at the same time, the light exposes us what we are and how much we need the Lord's portion for us to be cleansed in order to maintain the fellowship.

Therefore, if we want to experience the horizontal fellowship, we need to enjoy the fellowship in the light (if you walk in the light, you have fellowship with one another).
*BUT we are not looking to ourselves which cause us to be depressed and discouraged. Instead, it will help us to enjoy more fellowship vertically and horizontally. 

This divine fellowship will eventually bring us into the reality of the Body of Christ.

Let us sing for joy to Jehovah

Thanks to the menstrual cycle and PMS, I often feel weak for one week or two and come to life afterwards. When you have a weak physical body, it is always not easy to achieve whatever you intend to do. Some work has been piled up during this time. Even when I start feeling better, I can feel overwhelmed just by thinking of all the work before me that needs to be dealt with. 

It is, however, a comfort that when I read many of God's workers in history have had some physical limitations. Many times we might think why the Lord doesn't give us a super healthy body so we can do this and that and to glorify God. We don't ask for a weak body to be seen as a spiritual person, but we do have many "problems" and "thorns" in our daily human life. And this morning, I read Psalm 95. 

verse 1-3: Come, let us sing for joy to Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise to Him with psalms. For Jehovah is a great God And a great King above all gods. 

The Lord has put limitations to many of us, yet it should not stop us praising God. I am still learning to work and live by the Lord's mercy and grace without feeling much stress so I can faithfully carry out my daily work. And while I feel weak and helpless with many limitations, dear Lord, may You be much closer and dearer to me.