God does amazing work redeeming us, and it is good to be grateful. If that were the end of the story, it would be amazing, wonderful, and enough. But that’s not enough for God. He wants more. He wants you to become a redeemer like Him. He extends the same offer to you and me that He first made to his disciples, “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:19.
God invites us into partnership with Him, allowing us to use the story of our redemption to reach others who haven’t yet heard or understood God’s incredible offer. It’s not that God needs us, but he desires our partnership. He knows that we are our best selves when we have a cause bigger than us that can only be accomplished when we are dependent on Him and still actively striving to reach. Have you ever really stopped to think about it?
God wants you. Just for you, but not just for you. God wants you to be instrumental in redeeming others. The story doesn’t end with your rescue, but continues as you learn how to be a rescuer. With your everyday words and actions, you can be a redeemer, a restorer of humanity, as God intended it to be.
So redemption is not a singular event, but an ongoing process in you and through you, spreading to others until it’s spread all over the world. Turning bondage to freedom, darkness to light, sorrow to joy. Now who wouldn’t want to be part of that?
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