In the Scriptures there is only one flow, only one divine stream. We need to keep ourselves in this one flow.

The history of the church shows that this stream has continued to flow from generation to generation right up to this very day, and it is flowing still. Where it flows, there is the life of God; where it flows, there is the fellowship of the Body; where it flows, there is the testimony of Jesus; and where it flows, there is also the work of God. It is the stream of life, the stream of fellowship, the stream of testimony, and the stream of the work of God. (1 John 1:1-3)

Brothers and sisters, we must be in this stream. If we are not in this stream, we are out of life, we are out of the fellowship of the Body, we are out of the testimony of the Lord Jesus, and we are out of the work of God. Oh, if we are simply in this stream, we will have everything. If we have this stream we have everything. If we are in this stream, then we are in God, we are in the Lamb with the throne, we are in the life, we are in the fellowship, we are in the testimony, and we are in the work of God.

We look to the Lord that it will be increasing in this country and even to all parts of the world. May we remember this in our prayers, and may we be ready to go along with the Lord that this stream may have a free way to flow without any hindrance in us. We must be faithful to the flowing of this stream of the divine life, of the fellowship of the Body, of the testimony of the Lord Jesus, and of the work of God.

Many times we are conscious that we are out of the flowing of this stream. Then, sometimes we know that we are in its flowing. What have we to do then? It is really quite simple. We just have to keep ourselves in the flowing of the stream. Whenever we feel that the flowing of the stream within us is cut off, we must turn to the Lord immediately to seek the reason. Why has the stream within we stopped flowing? We must discover the reason and deal with the Lord about it until the flowing is recovered. Wherever we are going and whatever we are about to do, if there is the sense that the flowing of the stream will be stopped by proceeding in that matter, then we must stop. Stop in order to maintain the flowing. To maintain the flowing we must refrain from all those activities which are not of the Lord, that is, which are not of the flowing of the stream within us.

There is only one stream, and we have to keep ourselves in this one stream. If we study carefully the history of the church, we will find that throughout the generations there has been one stream of the Holy Spirit flowing all the time. Many have been working for the Lord, but not all have been in the flowing of that one stream. If we will accept the mercy and the grace of the Lord, we will be brought into that very stream that is flowing today.

What we must do today is just go along with the stream, just subject ourselves to the current of the work of the Holy Spirit. In this matter we have no personal liberty. It is not according to our thoughts, but according to His flowing. Wherever we go, we do not go on our own. We just as a boat in the current; wherever the current goes, we carry on. It is so easy. It is not our strength, our energy, or our endurance; it is the flowing of the stream. The words of a hymn (#907) say:

Not where we elect to go,
But where Jesus leads the way;
There the living waters flow,
There our darkness turns to day.

 http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/907

May the Lord always keep us in the flowing of the life, in the fellowship, in the testimony, in the work, and in the building of the house of God. 

 

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Scriptural base & additional references

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1)      1 John 1:1-3   (ref: http://online.recoveryversion.org/BibleChapters.asp?fcid=231&lcid=231)

1 ¹That which was ²from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have ^aseen with our ^beyes, which we ³beheld and our hands ^4chandled, concerning the ⁵Word of ⁶life

2 (And the ^1alife was ^2bmanifested, and we have seen and ^ctestify and report to you ³the ^deternal life, which was ^4ewith the ⁵Father and was⁶manifested to us);

3 That which we have ¹seen and heard we report ²also to you that you ²also may have ^3afellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship is with the⁴Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.

2)      The Divine Stream, by Witness Lee

(ref: http://www.ministrybooks.org/books.cfm?id=%23%23%2C%25%27%0A)