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Greetings,
As leaders we lead people to know their part in the calling of Christ, the inheritance of Christ, and the purpose of Christ in all things. These things can also be defined as knowing one’s own identity, testimony, and purpose in this world. It is not about living for ourselves. It is all about being who we are for the testimony of Christ and the greater things that Jesus said we would do in advancing the generations of Christ in the nations.
Jesus came to reconnect us to our heavenly Father so we could live our lives revealing His likeness and image to our world. He came to give us back the true riches of who we are meant to be. He came to give us our freedom, our liberty, our restored inheritance, our redeemed authority, our victory over every enemy, our beauty, our connection to our Helper (Holy Spirit), our comfort, our counsel, our joy, our praise, and all the life-giving attributes that reveal who we are to our world. These attributes are not our goal, they are simply that testimony of our planting as trees of righteousness in Christ.
Isaiah 61:3 …that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.” 4 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.
As leaders, we lead others in the way of being connected to God, who is LIFE! Only life can rebuild old ruins, raise up former desolations, and repair ruined cities. Our mandate to build is because something has been torn apart. Our mandate to raise things up is because something has been thrown down. Our mandate to repair or ‘make new’ is because something has been ruined in its relational connection to God and others. We cannot approach any situation by assessing how torn apart it is, how thrown down it appears, or how ruined it is it its quality of life. We must approach every situation in life on the basis of our connection with LIFE. God is LIFE and our connection to Him and His family of life is powerful enough to bring His testimony of life to any situation in in our world.
Our part in the corporate identity of Christ is always about being alive in Christ with others. It is always about being an expression of life with and for others. Who we are meant to be is connected to a partnership with God and one another in destroying the works of the devil by being those who release the works of God in Christ. We each fulfill a purpose of bringing life to our world through a relational connection with God and one another.
We are part of a body, and we are not merely individuals of flesh. We are part of a being, not a place of ministry. We are a body that chooses to love other body members and to love those who are yet to find their role in the corporate expression of Christ. We are not called to ministry; we are called to be a part of a body that simply takes action in loving others. The body of Christ is not a vocation or some testimony of God’s power. We are a family that demonstrates love in supernatural and powerful ways. Our doing is connected to our being, our being is not connected to our doing. We find our identity in being, not in what we do. What we do gets its identity from who we are in Christ and from who we are together as the body of Christ. Everything about our journey in this world is joined to life for the purpose of bringing life to our world.
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson
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