We are for the Lord’s recovery

There is a hymn that says, "We are for the Lord's, / We are for the Lord's, / We are for the Lord's recovery!" (Hymns, #1255). We all love the Lord, the church, and the Lord's recovery, yet we may not love the lambs, because feeding the lambs is a very troublesome matter. Therefore, many people say, "It is fine to ask us to preach the gospel. If a person is willing to believe in the Lord, we will bring him here to be baptized. If he is not willing, we will not force him. However, to feed him and make him a remaining fruit after his salvation will not be that easy." This is why, although everyone sings, "We are for the Lord's recovery," there is still very little multiplication and increase. This proves that in the matter of feeding the lambs, the churches are altogether unable to follow the Lord's steps and meet the Lord's standard. We cannot continue to sing, "We are for the Lord's, / We are for the Lord's recovery" if the number of saints who have stopped meeting keeps increasing year after year. We must go out to recover these saints and bring them back to the proper church life.

Since the holy writings have been translated and interpreted, we need the understanding of the holy writings. Hence, the learning of the divine truths by studying the translated and interpreted holy writings is necessary (2 Tim. 3:15). We need to pray, "Lord, open my ears so I can hear, and open my eyes so I can see." Paul prayed in Ephesians 1 that the Lord would grant us a spirit of wisdom and revelation (v. 17). A line in Hymns, #1255 says, "When we exercise our spirit, / Our vision is so clear." In order to have the proper" understanding of the translated and interpreted holy writings, we need to exercise our spirit. We need to contact God, praying to Him and humbling ourselves by saying, "Lord, I know nothing. I need You." I can testify that when I come to the Word in this way, the light is there and I understand it.