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Greetings,
Today I am going to address another attribute of leadership. As leaders we must know and lead others to know the power of Christ that works in us. The power of Christ within us is the hope of glory. That glory is not just the glory that is beyond this world as our great hope of the ultimate resurrection from the dead. That glory is the power of Christ working in and though our lives that enables us to know God’s love in supernatural ways for the salvation of our lives in every circumstance of our lives. Knowing the power of Christ within us enables us to have an expectancy of His life in every moment of our lives. Knowing the power of Christ within us is knowing His love in a powerful way.
God doesn’t want to merely demonstrate that He is powerful, He demonstrates His love for us in a supernaturally powerful way. The power of His love can work in our lives when we and expectant and willing for His power to be revealed. This is the evidence that He is alive in our lives. We abide in Him and He abides in us. We can expect the power of Jesus’ name to prove to be above every other name in our world. He is life, He gives life, and His life will always prevail in us.
Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
It is by faith that we are empowered to receive the testimonies that surpass all that we can ask or even think. The opposite of faith is natural sight (2 Cor. 5:7). What we can naturally see, hear, or even think will resist what God can really do in our lives. We need to allow our natural thinking to be surpassed by an understanding that can only come by God. If what we do in life can be done by us without God, we are not living the truth of our lives. Our lives are meant to be dependent upon the supernatural ability of our heavenly Father who loves us. Every aspect of our lives is meant to reveal the glory of God through the power of Jesus’ name.
Our expectancy of God is connected to who He is and His love. Our inner strength, the strength of our spirts to our souls, is connected to a personal connection to God. Our strength is connected to His presence in our lives. His presence is not merely about His power. It is about His love. It’s the dwelling of Christ in us and us in Him that gives us an understanding of His love. That understanding will empower us to expect supernatural testimonies of His love in our lives. It is through His supernatural testimonies that we grow in knowing the width, the length, the depth, and the height of God’s love in our lives! Our connection to Him is revealed through the supernatural things that He does for us and for others through us. We can and must expect supernatural testimonies of His love for us to be a part of our everyday world.
As leaders we lead others into a connection with God and one another by our own connection to God and to others as the body of Christ. That connection will exhibit supernatural testimonies of His love working in our lives in our everyday world. It is the testimony of His power working in us! Our relationship with God is of the most importance but that relationship will also be testified of by His works in our lives. Jesus said that the works that He did were a witness of who He was. This is still true for who He is in our lives today. Holy Spirit has come into our lives in the name of Jesus and the supernatural testimonies of Jesus name are to be expected in our journey in this world.
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson
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