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Greetings,
As leaders, we lead others in hearing God. Hearing God empowers us to live our lives in faith because we are empowered by faith. Faith is the opposite of natural sight. It is a testimony of trusting what God sees more than what we can presently see in our world.
Faith happens when we hear God in our hearts. Faith is not merely about knowing God’s love for us. Faith is the environment of finding our true identity, testimony, and purpose in life. The sound of faith is a sound of a great God, a good God, and a God whose mercy endures forever. It is a sound of overcoming life that empowers us to live, to be expressions of life, and to fulfill our purpose of giving life to our world.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. 3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
The word for world in this verse is the GSRN165, αἰών aiōn; an age. The worlds that were framed in Hebrews chapter 11 were not the worlds that God created. They were the worlds of Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, and many other men and women of God. Their futures were resisted by the natural realities of their lives, but they were empowered to overcome all things by hearing and responding to God’s voice. Their present and their futures were framed by hearing God in their hearts.
When we respond to God’s voice in our lives today, our present reality and our future destiny can be changed to become a testimony of God’s will. Only God’s will in our lives can empower us to fulfill our true purpose in life. We were born to be loved by God. We were born to know God personally and intimately. We were born to overcome all the things that resist God’s will in our lives by the power of faith. The will of God in our lives is that we can be fruitful in bringing life to our world, even a world that is often damaged by a thief, some power of death, or some form of destruction.
Isaiah 61:4 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.
The framing of each of our worlds includes things that we have inherited from our past, things that happen in our present reality, and things that are destined to be because of who we are in our world. Things that have been taken, taken apart, or taken down, need to be rebuilt. Things that have lost life and have become desolated need to be raised up and made new. Things that have been ruined need to be repaired for the sake of our generational purpose in life. Hearing God in our hearts will empower us to receive realities of a new world that gives us a redeemed identity, testimony, and purpose for the sake of bringing life to our world.
The first three verses of Isaiah chapter 61 reveal the supernatural means by which God comes into our lives to empower us to overcome all things. Jesus is Lord and the true source of life transforming desire to the beliefs of our hearts. It’s with compassion that God comes to give good news to those in poverty. It is with His love that He heals broken hearts and gives freedom to those who were bound in some form of captivity. It is by the power of His love that He opens prison doors, restores inheritances, and defeats all our enemies. His heart is moved with compassion to comfort those who mourn, to restore human beauty, give them back their joy, and clothe them in His work of praise. It is with His compassionate love that He does all these things but is for His purpose of our knowing His love and becoming His love for our world that He does them. God wants to plant us as evergreen trees of righteousness in our world. He wants us to live for Him and for one another in the compassion and love of our hearts. Leaders live to know this, be this, and to lead others into this path of life-giving inheritance. As trees of righteousness our leaves will bring healing to the nations of our world and the fruit of our lives will be ripe to give life to those in our world in every season of our path for God’s glory. It is through a personal and intimate relationship with God that we can be empowered to overcome every thief, every manner of death, and every testimony of destruction so that our true identity, testimony, and purpose can be empowered to bring life to our world.
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson
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