Come On, Salvation Army!

Come On, Salvation Army!

When I read documents and sit in meetings, there is at times a sense of weariness in our movement. A sense that we are managing decline, maintaining what we have rather than advancing into what could be. Too often, I sit in meetings or hear conversations mixed with despair—people who have lost hope, who have given up dreaming, who no longer believe in a future where The Salvation Army thrives. I thank God for the faithful who keep going, who keep trying. 

But I refuse to accept that as our story.

The God we serve is not a God of decline. He is not a God of maintenance mode. He is the God of resurrection, the God of new beginnings, the God of immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20).

So why do we settle? Why do we lose sight of the fact that we belong to a Kingdom that will not be shaken? (Hebrews 12:28)

We are called to be bold.
We are called to dream big.
We are called to pray more.
We are called to have faith.

The victory has already been won. The Kingdom of God is here and is still coming. There are still souls to be saved, still lives to be transformed, still people who need to encounter the love of Jesus Christ.

Let us never forget why we exist. Let us never forget that Catherine and William Booth didn’t start this movement for comfort or convenience. They saw a world in need, and they went to the people. They didn’t build structures and hope people would come; they moved forward in faith, trusting God to lead.

We can do the same.

If we, as believers, don’t believe greater things are yet to come… who will? If we don’t hold on to the hope of the Gospel… who will? If we don’t keep pressing forward with faith-filled expectation… who will?

Come on, Salvation Army!

We can move out of decline.
We can move beyond maintenance mode.
We can step forward into a future filled with hope, mission, and purpose.

But it will take prayer.
It will take obedience.
It will take courage.

As long as there is one lost soul without the light of God, I will fight. Will you?

Let’s be a people of hope.
Let’s be a people of prayer.
Let’s be a people of immeasurably more.

Come on, Salvation Army! The best is yet to come.


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