The outstanding characteristic to me of the ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee is the richness of God’s word. On my own, the Bible has been a mysterious book, oftentimes strange and mostly hard to understand. I grew up in a Christian home with parents who were daily seeking Jesus Christ through the Word of God. I can remember once a week being ushered into our family room with our playmates while our parents gathered in the living room for prayer, fellowship, and the study of the Word. I received the life of Christ at an early age, but after some years of waywardness, grasping for some kind of understanding to human existence and looking for something besides Christ that could fill my life with meaning, I was awakened to see the hypocrisy of my living. I claimed to be a Christian, but in reality I was far away from God. I felt that Jesus Christ must be real to me, and henceforth I began to discover not my parents’ God, but my own God.

The Bible was, in the past, a book of stories and curious miracles. As a college student, I was introduced to the ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. I recall sitting in the dorm cafeteria reading Watchman Nee’s Twelve Baskets Full, burying my face deep into the book to hide the huge smile on my face, lest someone think I might have gone off the deep end. I could have sworn there was a ray of light from heaven shining upon me. God’s speaking was so clear, sometimes so clear that it would take me aback. Suddenly the Bible was an open book, brimming with life.

Since then, I have accumulated quite a few books by Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. Every book I read becomes my favorite book at the time that I am reading it. At times I have been pleasantly overwhelmed by the amount of books that have been published and that are still being published. I am convinced that the Word of God is profoundly deep and that the treasures God has for His children can never be exhausted.

My Christian life has never been the same. I would never have found out by myself that God has a plan and that I can enjoy Christ. My life is full of meaning. I am experiencing Christ every day, still finding how wonderful Christ is, still discovering what He has done, what He is doing, and what He will do. Daily there is a feast spread and the riches of Christ have no end.

In the break room where I work, I still bury my face in a ministry book, but I’m learning not to hide so much the light emanating from God’s word and reflecting onto my face.

E.J.C.

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