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Greetings,
In Jesus, we find the anointing that causes us to become free people, planted in the earth for the generational purposes of God’s kingdom in the nations. Trees of righteousness in Christ are being planted in order to build, raise up, and make things new in the earth. As leaders, we must lead others for the sake of partnerships with God and with one another. This is not just a matter of knowing the blessings of community but living for the purpose and destiny of community.
Isaiah 61:4b – 5 …“That they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.” And they shall rebuild the old ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
God’s heart and plan is one of restoration. He is a redeemer, a reconciler, a restorer, a rewarder, and a replenisher in His ways. He doesn’t just love those who love Him. He loves all people. He is a multigenerational God. He sees each and every one as His son or daughter. He is the Father of Abraham, the Father of Isaac, the Father of Jacob, and the Father of Israel. He is the Father of Paul, the Father of Timothy, the Father of faithful men, and the Father of others also. He looks for those who will partner with Him in each and every generation. When we partner with God we also partner with the future and with the past. When we partner with God, we also partner with one another for His namesake and His glory.
To be people of God, we must have the Father’s presence in His house. We cannot live for our own needs or our own lives and expect to bring about life-giving change in the world. God’s plan is a plan of purpose. It is a matter of joining the generations in a multigenerational destiny. We must live with a third and a fourth generation in mind. We must live mindful of the generations before us. We must hold on to the principles of the past without allowing the past to bind us in an old method of administering those principles. We must hold on to the patterns of the past, but still reach forward to create new things that we have not seen, heard, or thought before. We must hold on to the values of the past without being bound by the vision of the past. Surly there are eternal principles, patterns, and values in the kingdom that serve to set solid foundations for new expressions of God’s kingdom in the earth, but God is always expressing things new in every generation of humanity. The church is both new and ancient. It is built upon the foundation of the prophets and apostles.
The blessing of the church is found in the fact that we have one Father. He is our Father in heaven and His name is holy! He is made known to us by Holy Spirit through the grace given to us through Jesus Christ His Son. Jesus made a way for us to be a community of Christ that is led by our Father who loves us. This is the at the core of the culture of our being.
In order to be a Father led culture in the earth, we must live with a generational dream and vision. Each of us must make it our aim to be life and to live life in a contagious way. This is what happens when we know we are loved by a Heavenly Father who is a life-giver in all things. We are alive, because He gives us life! This is love! We must also take responsibility for life. We were not just born to be loved, we are loved so that we can be empowered to love others. We are not motivated by the natural world around us. We are motivated by the kingdom of God in our hearts. It is by this that we can take responsibility for life and make life-giving sacrifices for the sake of others in our world. We must also join with others and understand that our response to God and to others is what makes us bigger than merely ourselves. We have a heavenly purpose in life and our response to God in heaven gives us a heavenly testimony in this world. We also respond to the testimony of heaven in the lives of others. We are responders to life, therefore we dance the dance of life to exhibit a heavenly testimony of life to our world. We also work with others. True work is not labor. True work is what works! What works? Life works! Authority is about being life for the sake of others being life also. We work with others to be life for others in our world. We also live to influence others. This is not to influence them with our own opinions or personal beliefs. It is to influence them with the clothing of Christ. We were created in Christ for good works that we should walk in those works. It is those works that cause us to be more together than we are apart from one another. We identify with others. This is part of being the community of God. We are not just individuals on a journey to get to heaven when we die. We are part of something greater. We are members of God’s heavenly community destined to see a community that He builds manifest in our midst. We serve others with a generational purpose beyond our lives. We live for our children and our children’s children that the glory of God might increase in the earth because of us. We are in a partnership with God in all things and He empowers us to reign in life in all things.
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson
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