Seeing Him by K. P. Yohannan

Author:K. P. Yohannan
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-01-08T13:52:15+00:00

CHAPTER THREE

Point to Jesus

I heard it said one time, "The church is not here to meet the needs of the people, but to connect them to the only one who can." How true that is.

Early one morning my telephone rang. The call was from the senior leader of our work in India. He called to speak with me about a problem he was having with an older staff member. This particular man had served with our ministry for quite some time and was responsible for overseeing a vital part of the ministry. However, a few days prior to this phone call, a younger brother was placed over the older staff member as his leader.

And because this man was older and had been with the ministry longer, he would not submit to the younger man. He refused to carry on any work with a young man as his leader.

When I heard about the situation, I said to the senior leader, "Somehow, somewhere along the line, he has lost sight of Jesus.

Now he is looking at his ability, his skill, his position and his wisdom. Somehow he thinks that he should be above this younger leader." I continued, "This didn't happen overnight. It is only that it just came into the light through this situation."

I continued to speak to the senior leader, saying, "I will pray with you, and you should gather the rest of the leaders together and pray as well. I encourage you to re-read Watchman Nee's book Spiritual Authority1and look in the Scriptures at the life of Korah, Saul and others. Look at the fall of Lucifer. See how these didn't submit and how they resisted God's authority. And then, in contrast, see Jesus. See how the Son of Man lived and died in total surrender to the Father and to those the Father put over Him."

Then I said, "After that, call the older brother and share with him the things you read. Always remember, you must point him to Jesus. If you can paint Jesus before him, you will have succeeded.

"Pray that he is able to see what you are saying. Pray that he is able to see Jesus. Then give him the opportunity to be restored. Restoration is what we want. That is our goal. Always remember that if you have to err, err on the side of grace. But after you have pointed him to Jesus, if there is no repentance, then please ask him to leave. You have no other recourse.

"Even if you have to shut down the whole operation that he is in charge of, that won't be a problem. There are other people who can step in to run it. Running that part of the ministry is not important compared to his following the Lord."

And you know what? A few days later I got a message from the senior leader saying that the older man had repented. He was able to see Jesus, in His humility and submission, and the problem was solved.

The answer is always Jesus.

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