“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.”
God is loving us back to life.
Never underestimate God’s almighty power to accomplish all that is required and bring forth deep wholeness.
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory”
Many of us have come to a place of desiring a different world to operate in. Where all the systems in government, health, public services, care, education, economy, business change from the self seeking corruption, fraud, inefficient, valueless enterprise.
We all yearn for them to operate with principles honourably with high values and motivation for the other and not the self promoting and rewarding.
God has opportunity to reveal His creativity on earth in contemporary business and progress and wellbeing. God is a problem solver a wisdom and a source of knowledge to be partnered with as He reveals more.
Corruption, lying, stealing and greed need not be the norm. We know God’s love of righteousness and justice.
These embodied into public service for each other. We are a generation able to reveal the nature of God to others and turn around the careless, self obsessed generating greed and fear to generosity and freedom.
If we are open handed and giving we are in partnership with God. If we are closed handed and clutching we are in partnership with Satan.
We are invited to partner with God’s desire to win the hearts of His people and fight His cause.
Our battle is not with men, each other, but higher with principalities.
Together we can close ranks and bring God’s kingdom on earth. We can reflect Honour Him bring God’s heart into the world. Bring good fruit in for the harvest. No good fruit comes from fear.
He calls us to forge a new way to change the status quo in culture.
There has to be change. His voice is a worthy example for us to hear and proclaim. We go forward with His worthiness and honour to protect .
Giving without personal gain. Regardless of self preservation uppermost in our motivation. Our personal laying down our lives for His purpose.
We love God with every Choice we make. He asks for everything but from their He gives everything.
We deserve nothing but it becomes a privilege to partner. Rising into a new season is glorious.God builds the new normal which would be impossible if we count the cost. God can only be on display by our choices.
God equips in that wherever He brings us He will provide. It may not be the easiest from our view point but it will be our best .
God is on the move what may seem weird retrospectively we will find it inspirational.
Serving is the threshold to create good for others. Opportunity to create a world with a different value system of love and motivated by a higher best for the generation to follow. A new reality to awaken others to. This is our watch. Looking round people walking around like the wounded and dead come into our vision.
Jesus has empowered us to be like Him and more powerful in binding and loosing on earth what is bound or loosed in heaven
“Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
We are no longer content to remain blind and unmoved.
We are at a new vantage point . Our strength will be renewed along with our energy to make us compelled to pour ourselves out.
“I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.”
God will provide the well for the parched to drink from in the form of Jesus who knows everything.
“but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
We step over the threshold into a Christ filled world with us bearing His image and transformation happens.
We have been vulnerable and the Lord has been patient and He can use that vulnerability in us more than what we would want to put on show but it is time to reconnect and step in.
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.”
God is loving us back to life.
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”
The illustration shows us in the image of Christ stepping over the threshold to bring the new Christ filled influence into the culture for our next generation. Bringing the light into the darkness in the world.
Six Scriptures that come to mind:
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.””Luke 4:18-19 ESV
“Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”Matthew 18:18 ESV
“but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.””John 4:14 ESV
“The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.”2 Peter 3:9 ESV
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.”Proverbs 13:12 ESV
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”Ephesians 3:20-21 ESV
The song Amazing Love. Chris Tomlinhttps://youtu.be/EwoCbcSXlSM
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