Carlton Gerrell
& I were blessed this week to be among the first Americans included
in a week long leadership training at Willow Creek Community Church as
we joined with International Global Leadership Summit pastors &
their teams. Leaders from Albania, Brazil, the Congo, Nigeria, South
Africa and many more. As always, you get nuggets of truth that are so
valuable, they will live with you forever.
One such truth was
about Moses and the children of Israel. "Israel lived for 25-30
generations as slaves. Though now free, they cursed Moses in the
wilderness. Why? All they had known was life as slaves! Until your
memory gets washed of generational slavery, a person or people will
never be able to interact differently in their world."
Many of the leaders we were with were celebrating their
freedom from slavery or communism and learning to walk in that freedom.
Whatever you were a "slave to" whether a people or an addiction, as
the speaker said, you'll never be able to experience the freedom of
whatever you were or are a slave to until your memory gets washed of
generational slavery.
Every person must choose to live today
in what is, refusing to remain stuck in the past of yesterday's
generational slavery. Paul said it well when he wrote in 1 Corinthians
6:11, "And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are
sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by
the Spirit of our God." Amen & Amen.
Every person must choose to live today in what is, refusing to remain stuck in the past of yesterday's generational slavery. Paul said it well when he wrote in 1 Corinthians 6:11, "And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God." Amen & Amen.
