Let The Redeemed of the Lord Say So #4

     Ps.107:2(Amp) says, "Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say so, Whom He has Redeemed from the adversary."

    The Lord was speaking to a nation and to the people of that nation in 2Chron.7:14(Amp), saying, "If My people who are called by My Name will turn from their ways and seek My Face and pray; I would hear their prayer and heal their Land."  I've never understood how we read God's Word, but don't seem to take it personally. We always assume it's "for someone else." God was personally inviting us and  not just others in this nation in 2Chron.7:14. Was Jesus speaking to His followers or speaking in general, when saying, "Now you go into all the earth and preach the Gospel to every creature" in Mark16:15,17? When Jesus said, "These signs will follow those who believe," was He speaking to you or someone else? Are you a believer?

    Can you stand on God's Word or is the Prayer of Salvation the only part of it, you take personally? The Church needs to enter into this battle for our national, for the world and for ourselves and for the Glory of God. This isn't left only for preachers and pastors, but for "all who believe." When was the last time we led someone to the Lord or spend time interceding for this nation to be "One nation under God" again? When was the last time we prayed and voted for Godly leaders in our nation? Do we care that some of our leaders don't know the Lord and we're suffering under the penalty of a declining national leadership?

    The Bible is a personal letter to you from your Heavenly Father. We must each do our part according to His Word. We can give money to send large ministries to go forth and that's good. But, they probably won't come and minister to those we work with or to our neighbors. This is a personal ministry for the entire Body of Christ to do, not just a few.

    I can stand behind a pulpit and minister God's Word to you, but there are people you know, live with or work with, that I don't know and see every day. It's your responsibility to minister to those around you. The job is too big for just a handful of people to do. Even Jesus  instructed others to go on His behalf into the world. You're certainly a part of the ministry, even if you're not part of the five-fold ministry. There is truly only One Ministry and that's the Ministry of the Lord Jesus, which we all have a part to take. We've taken our eyes of the prize and began looking at the Reward. The Reward comes at the end of the finish line and the Reward is the Prize in every life.

    The same Holy Spirit Who was in John, Peter, Paul and Jesus, is the Same Holy Spirit Who lives in each of us. The Same Holy Spirit Who raised Jesus from the dead, now lives in you and still able to do what the Father sent Him to do. He only needs someone to believe that He can still do the same things He's always done and do it through you.

    The only thing we're required to do, is to believe. God didn't tell us to heal the sick, Jesus said that "These signs would follow those who believed; They would lay hands on the sick and they will recover," in Mark16:17. Do you have hands? Are you a believer? God will do the healing, when you believe, speak His Word and lay hands on the sick. We know that "God watches over His Word and is faithful to perform it." We just need to do our part.