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Originally Posted by PeterG
Dear Ruth,
You've already made a lot of videos, always with pretty similar content. I asked myself: what exactly needs to happen for her to find peace? Do you have the answer to that?
“Know who you are under.” Watchman Nee said this to very young, inexperienced co-workers. It doesn't mean, “You're under this person or that person:” It means, “KNOW who you're under.”
This can sometimes be quite difficult. Watchman Nee explains that it has to be people who know the will of God...
But one thing is for sure: you are “under” the endless love and sovereignty of our God. Isn't it so? I wish you to enjoy it today, tomorrow, with all your heart and whatever happens.
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What needs to happen for Ruth and those like her is that they need to be heard by their brothers and sisters. She is still under great oppression from the enemy through the actions of the leading ones in The Lord’s Recovery. It is a present, ongoing experience, not just a past one. She has also realized that there are many like her who have suffered in the same way, and she feels burdened to speak up not only for herself but for them.
True, everlasting peace cannot be had until this situation is remedied and until the Lord returns. He can be our peace, in a sense, like Paul experienced, but we must not ignore the fact that in his humanity Paul more often than not was suffering and experienced great sorrow.The joy of the Lord shone through in his experiences, but those negative experiences were consistent and intense. So great was it that Paul declared that he would prefer to go with the Lord rather than stay on the earth and suffer. The only reason he endeavored in this life was for the sake of the next generation of saints.
Ruth is offloading 30 years of suffering that she has held inside of her soul. It’s going to be quite a process.