Q is for Quietness – a desperately missing ingredient in today’s hectic, busy, noisy lifestyle. Ps 46:10 reminds us to ‘be still and know that I am God’ and Is 30:15 says, ‘In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.’ (Is 30:15) We need to be determined and deliberate in setting aside time to listen to God and to seek the quietness to hear His gentle whisper.
R is for Restore – God is able to restore all that has been lost through sin and disobedience. He is able to redeem us, buying us back from the enemy’s hold (Eph 1:7, Col 1:14), so that we can reclaim all that we have lost through sin. We can be released from addictions, from the tentacles of sin, and can live in freedom and wholeness in God. God wants to rebuild our lives into something solid and lasting for His glory; He wants to renew us inwardly day by day, an ongoing transformation that allows us to reflect His nature to others. (2 Cor 4:16-18)
S is for Salvation – Jesus is our Saviour, our Rescuer – good news for all of us because as a result, we are free from sin forever more. The story of the Philippian jailer (Acts 16) shows us that salvation comes through belief in Jesus and opens the door to a life of freedom!
T is for Truth – since Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. (John 14:6) Jesus told us that the truth has the power to set us free (John 8:31-36), but we have to be willing to give truth free rein in our lives if we are to see this happen. Jesus reminds us that truth will prevail and that there is such a thing as absolute truth.
U is for Unity – Jesus prayed for His disciples to be one (John 17:20-23). One of the reasons for this is that the Godhead is one: one God in three persons, Father, Son and Spirit. We are called to reflect God’s nature to the world and so unity is a crucial ingredient in drawing people to faith: ‘so that the world may believe that you have sent me.’ (John 17:21) Unity is not the same as uniformity; we’re not all the same! God is a God who loves diversity, but unity is a powerful witness of the transforming power of the gospel.
