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Greetings,
Leaders lead others in knowing the salvation of God in every situation of their lives. God’s salvation is not something we earn. It is granted to us by God when we come to Him. It is His gift to us and our receiving of that gift in our lives as a continual testimony of God’s love to us in life. Perhaps the greatest responsibility of a leader is to envision, encourage, and be an example in receiving the salvation of God in the lives of those they lead.
God loves us and God has revealed His favor to us through Jesus His Son. He frees us from all of our captivity. The changes that come into our lives are a gift from God. The changes in our lives don’t come for the external circumstances in our world. They come about by the working of God’s Spirit within us in the midst of the circumstances of our lives. Those changes are a gift to us from God. We hear Him and respond to Him, but the work of change is a gift from Him. He is favorable to us. He forgives us of our flaws and our disconnections from Him. He removes things from our lives that are destructive forces to us. His fierceness destroys the things that seek to destroy us, but His love protects us in the process of change. God never seeks to destroy us. He seeks to destroy what destroy us so that we can be revived in Him. He enables us to rejoice in Him for who He is and for what He does in our lives. He is our salvation, and it is in His salvation in our lives that we are restored in every way. His mercy is new every day, and His mercy is a testimony of His great love to us. Our hope is in hearing Him because in hearing Him we become empowered to live lives of faith towards Him. He is our salvation in every and any situation. His salvation to us is a gift. He grants it to us because of who He is. His words to us are words of peace and there is no need for any of us to return to the foolishness of our own ways. Our awe of Him invites His salvation in our lives. He transforms our lives to reveal His glory in all things. His glory is not a passing reality but a resident testimony of His goodness to us. His mercy helps us in our weakness and His mercy grants us access to eternal changes of truth in our lives. His heart of love and His righteous acts on our behalf reveal our peace with Him. We are changed! Truth springs out from our lives! Things given to us in Christ by the righteousness of Jesus in heaven become the realities of our lives. He gives us what is good, and life happens in us. What He has done and what He still does reveal the footsteps of our path forward in life.
Psalms 85:1 LORD, You have been favorable to Your land; You have brought back the captivity of Jacob. 2 You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people; You have covered all their sin. Selah 3 You have taken away all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger. 4 Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause Your anger toward us to cease. 5 Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations? 6 Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You? 7 Show us Your mercy, LORD, and grant us Your salvation. 8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak, for He will speak peace to His people and to His saints; but let them not turn back to folly. 9 Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in our land. 10 Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed. 11 Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven. 12 Yes, the LORD will give what is good; and our land will yield its increase. 13 Righteousness will go before Him, and shall make His footsteps our pathway.
As leaders we receive the gift of God’s salvation and set an example to others that salvation is not a work of our flesh. It is a gift from God to us.
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson
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