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Greetings,
I have been addressing grants that God gives us and as leaders we must be an example to those we lead in receiving the grants that come to us from God in heaven. Salvation is a grant from God to us. It is a gift of God’s miracle power working in our lives. Our salvation is not just a salvation of going to heaven when we die, it is an ability to bring heaven into our earthly realities. Jesus is our salvation in every situation of our lives. The favor of God in our lives is His presence that saves us in every aspect. He frees us from captivity and liberates us from every form of death. His salvation gives us both His mercy and grace and these things reveal His life in our lives.
God grants us the gift of a changed and enlarged heart. This enables God presence within us to change our character, nature, and way in our world. It is an increasing testimony of His presence within us, but it is a gift granted to us by God when we willingly invite Him into our lives and we willfully respond to His desires within us.
Another grant from God to us is a grant of deliverance from our enemies. Our victory is not found in our knowledge about God, our gifting in Christ, our understanding of God’s word, or any power of our own strength. It is a freedom given to us by God that we might serve Him in holiness and righteousness.
Luke 1:74 To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
Being holy doesn’t come by abstaining from the world. Holiness comes by being attached in our spirits to the Spirit of God who is holy. It is God who empowers our holiness, not some religious form of holy effort. It is God who makes us righteous, not some discipline in the flesh in an attempt to do right things. Deliverance from the hand of our enemies can be deliverance from some external force of the devil that seeks to destroy us. It can also be a deliverance from some self-seeking power within us. Being able to serve God in holiness and righteousness is a liberty we experience when we are granted God’s gift of deliverance from our enemies.
So, God grants us the gifts of salvation, a changed and enlarged heart, and deliverance from the hand of our enemies. He also grants us the ability to be bold in speaking God’s word with healing power, signs, and wonders.
Acts 4:29 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, 30 by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.
God’s grant of boldness to us is not a matter of healing, signs, or wonders. This grant of boldness is that we might be His voice to our world. It is so we can speak His word that transforms the lives of others. It is a voice of love that calls His children to the place of life. To be expressions of God’s word to our world is a grant given to us by God. Leaders lead others in receiving the grants of deliverance from every enemy and being able to speak God’s word to their world. God’s word is powerful, and it will bring healing with signs and wonders that testify of God’s love.
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson
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