To serve the present age

‘SAVED to serve’ is a definitive statement that will be familiar to all Salvationists. Our uniform is a constant reminder of it. The concept of servant leadership is not exclusive to The Salvation Army but it is central to God’s calling and purpose for us as his followers.

As international leaders gather at Sunbury Court to discern under the guidance of the Holy Spirit who should be the Army’s next leader, they will each be mindful of their own calling as they wait for God to make clear to them who should lead us to serve him at such a time as this.

As you read this week’s issue, may you too have cause to stop and wait before the Lord, to pray for our leaders as they listen to God’s voice – and perhaps, as you wait before him, to hear for yourselves what he is saying to you. May you, like them, know his peace and a clear sense of his direction and purpose.

May we each be stirred to say these words of General John Gowans: ‘Holy Spirit! Promised presence fall on me./ Holy Spirit! Make me all I long to be./ Holy Spirit! Holy Spirit!/ Give your power to me O Holy Spirit’ (SASB 316).

MAJOR JULIAN WATCHORN EDITOR