Reflections
June 30th, 2013
“Truly
Free”
“Stand fast
therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be
not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” Galatians
5:1
Scripture Reading
For This Week: Psalm 119:45; Jeremiah 33:3; Luke 4; Romans 8;
Galatians 5...
Are you free today?
Are you free in your mind, in your soul, in your heart? Or, are you
still bound up with the cares of this world, or your less than
perfect past? God desires us to be free today. To be free from sin
and our pasts. To help others to know, that true freedom lies within
a relationship with God.
I declare and decree
that this week's Reflections will
be a continued source of encouragement for your heart, mind, and
soul. May you walk in the truth that God has already set you free.
Regardless to the situation you are in right now; God has declared
that you are free. That, He has granted you liberty. And once you
believe that, and receive it in your heart and spirit, the physical
manifestations will follow suit.
Many of us are
walking around with chains binding our hands, and minds, and
shackling our feet to the point that we cannot think or move or go
forward in what God has ordained for our lives. They may not be
physical binds, but they are just as debilitating. These spiritual
chains have a hold on many of us, preventing us from doing all that
God has ordained for our lives here upon this earth.
Whether it is
something from our past, old wounds, something someone has spoken
over our lives, or familial curses that have plagued our family for
generations—God says we are free! When you come into relationship
with Him, and submit your all to Him; surrendering every part of your
life to Him; you are truly free. Free to be who He has ordained you
to be from the moment He created you.
Yet, there are so
many of us—many of us believers and followers of Christ—that are
bound. We are living lives without any passion, joy, or peace. That's
not God! That is not what He has intended our walk to be like in Him.
We are bound by our
past and worries of today. We allow the whispers of the enemy to
become strongholds in our hearts and minds, blocking us from hearing
God and receiving from God. Too many of us have began to doubt the
promises of God. And each time we doubt, another chain is attached to
our soul, rendering us immobile.
Isaiah
61:1-3“The
Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord hath anointed Me
to preach good tidings unto the meek. He hath sent me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening
of the prison to them that are bound, 2 To proclaim the acceptable
year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all
that mourn,3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto
them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of
praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called trees
of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be
glorified.”
God
has declared that we are free. That we have been liberated. But we
must first believe this in our spirit. We must begin to see it in our
spirit. We must what God has spoken concerning our lives before we
can walk in it physically. We must believe first in the word of God
and what He has proclaimed in our lives.
The
enemy is excellent at pointing out our flaws, and reminding us of our
past. He watches us diligently to assess our weaknesses and our
Achilles heel. He attacks us when we are most vulnerable. Most of his
attacks are not bold or brazen; they are subtle in nature. He is like
a stalker, stalking its prey waiting for an opportune time to pounce.
He will use subtle suggestions, whispering in our ears until we think
they are our thoughts. He will use those we love to come against us.
He will remind us constantly of our past and any mistakes we may have
made. The enemy will try and make you doubt who you are and what God
has said. And if that fails, he will suggest that you are not worthy
of what God has promised you. He will suggest that you are not good
enough to receive such blessings in your life. He will do anything to
get the door open to your heart, where he seeks to come in, steal,
kill and destroy. He will even use fear to get us to give up.
Yet
God has given us the power to overcome the enemy, to stop him in his
tracks: Jesus! The Blood of Jesus covers us, and has made a way for
us. His love and sacrifice has set us free once and for all, and all
we have to do is believe and walk in it daily, and speak what the
Father has spoken concerning us.
John 10:10 The
thief cometh not but to steal and to kill and to destroy. I am come
that they might have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly.
1 Peter 5:7-9
casting all
your cares upon Him, for He careth for you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant,
because your adversary the devil walketh about as a roaring lion,
seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith,
knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren
who are in the world.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God
hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of
a sound mind.
Romans 8:1-2
There is
therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who
walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For
the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from
the law of sin and death.
2 Corinthians
10:3-5 3
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the
flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty
through God for the pulling down of strongholds, 5 casting down
imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against the
knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the
obedience of Christ...
We
are free in God today. We must be proactive in our faith, proclaiming
what the Father has already declared and decreed over our lives. The
enemy has no power except the power we yield to him when we walk in
doubt, fear, and disobedience.
Walking
in the ways of God, our hearts totally surrendered to Him; we are
truly free. There is not one thing the enemy can do to us, or take
from us, or hold over our heads when we are surrendered to God and
walk each day of our lives seeking to please the Lord. And should we
fall, we must get back up, confess, repent, forgive ourselves ans God
has forgiven us, and get back on that path of righteousness.
You
know you are truly free when your past no longer has a hold on you,
or when something someone says or does causes you to feel no guilt
for that which God has already freed you from. And when you can see
the gifts that God has blessed you with, and know that you are worthy
of such awesomeness because God said so, and because He has forgiven
you of your past and remembers it no more!
I
decree that the spirit of peace and of prosperity has found permanent
rest in your lives: spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally,
socially, and financially. Walk in the freedom that God has granted
you through the death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ. Let
go of the past, and all the things you thought you should have done,
and receive what God has for you right now. Remember: God makes no
mistakes. He's perfect that way! You are Blessed. Now go....and Be a
Blessing!
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Ruthe McDonald. All Rights Reserved.
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