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Greetings,
As leaders, we lead people into personal connections with God so they can find corporate connections to one another that are life-giving and life-promoting. We cannot be the connection to God for anyone. We can only inspire them to seek God and find Him in their own hearts. God doesn’t have grandchildren. He only has children. To Abraham, He was the God of Abraham. To Isaac, He was the God of Isaac. To Jacob, He was the God of Jacob; who was then intended to also be the God of Israel. Old Covenant leadership is to take people by the hand and lead them into the works of God, but the New Covenant way is to allow the hearts of each one to reach God where God empowers a change of their ways from within. New Covenant leaders inspire those they lead to find God in their hearts and be changed in their ways. I believe God is leading us deeper into this reality as His people in this world. God’s grace is at work in the generations and He who began a good work in the earth is also faithful to complete it.
We can always expect God to bring more life into our world. The news of the day is not what the enemy is doing in the nations. It is what God is doing in the nations from His kingdom within the hearts of men and women in Christ. The true temple of God is the body of Christ. We are His dwelling place, the fulness of Him in all things. The real question of our day is: What measure of water is flowing from the temple of God in this hour? This is the truth that God prophetically revealed to the prophet Ezekiel. Ezekiel saw what Jesus said would flow from the hearts of all who come to Him and drink. We can expect the life-giving water of God’s Spirit to get deeper and deeper for the glory of God in our world.
Ezekiel 47:1 Then he brought me back to the door of the temple; and there was water, flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the front of the temple faced east; the water was flowing from under the right side of the temple, south of the altar. 2 He brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me around on the outside to the outer gateway that faces east; and there was water, running out on the right side. 3 And when the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the water came up to my ankles. 4 Again he measured one thousand and brought me through the waters; the water came up to my knees. Again he measured one thousand and brought me through; the water came up to my waist. 5 Again he measured one thousand, and it was a river that I could not cross; for the water was too deep, water in which one must swim, a river that could not be crossed. 6 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he brought me and returned me to the bank of the river. 7 When I returned, there, along the bank of the river, were very many trees on one side and the other. 8 Then he said to me: “This water flows toward the eastern region, goes down into the valley, and enters the sea. When it reaches the sea, its waters are healed. 9 And it shall be that every living thing that moves, wherever the rivers go, will live. There will be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters go there; for they will be healed, and everything will live wherever the river goes. 10 It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from En Gedi to En Eglaim; they will be places for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many.
God’s life-giving water flows from His presence to the East. He always gives us a new day of life! His waters bring healing to the places that need healing. Even the deadest places in the earth and in our lives are transformed unto life when His life-giving presence and purpose reaches us in the place called today.
In a time when the world is isolated and separated, it’s time for God’s people to be connected to God so that their personal testimonies can bring healing to the nations. God is calling us all to know Him intimately in our hearts. God is doing something in the body of Christ. There is another measure of His life-giving grace at work in our lives.
The Spirit of God says, I’ve stripped away all performance! Performance does not impress Me. What impresses Me is the sincerity of heart, and I want each one to know Me as the One and I want each one to become authentic in their identity. I want the sound of diversity! I want the notes in the song! I want each paint stroke to fill the canvas! Because I’m revealing an authentic community.
Things in the world are going to shake because the unshakeable One is manifesting in the nations. As leaders we must inspire those we lead to live in a daily connection with God, their Father, who gives us life in all the seasons of the ages of men.
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson
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