Take Authority Over Your Freedom

For the past six months, the Lords has been working with me about taking authority over my life and problems. The Bible says, multiple times, that we have authority over the enemy. We have the power to tell Satan to leave in the Name of Jesus. These are real things, and maybe this in not your forte; but, I felt moved by the Spirit to write this tonight, because someone needs it.

So, a little over a year ago, I was at the Winter Ramp. There was an amazing service and I was delivered from so many things that had held me hostage and kept me as a slave! The Spring Ramp before, I had been delivered from fear. So lots was happening in my life at the time, good and bad. So, by August of 2018, the "fire" had shrunk and I began to deal with problems and temptations of my past.

I remember having so much doubt, I did not know if I had actually been delivered. I was questioning my faith. The enemy was definitely trying to steal me, my joy, and my freedom. BUT (there is always a but, and I love it), God shows up in just the right moments. I had been dealing with this doubt, and I remember just asking God to take these things away from me. I didn't know if I had truly been set free, but now I was serious that I wanted to be.

The previous weeks had been a battle! I was struggling, about to hand it all over and just give up. I was talking with God, basically giving Him my resignation letter. I was tired of working for people without getting anything in return. I was tired of sharing my family with the church. I was done with it all. UNTIL, I heard so clearly, the voice of the Lord said that He had already set me free, now I had to take authority and control of my freedom.

My reaction was, "Goodness! That is a lot to take in!" I am so thankful that the Lord gave me that message. Not only, have I taken authority over my freedom, but I have not had a problem with what I was struggling with since! Yes, there has been temptations, and yes, there were thoughts in my mind; but, now I knew, for sure, that there was a God guiding me. A God who was looking out for my best interest. One who would love me, care for me, and wipe my tears as I cry on His shoulder. A God whose love for me prompted Him to giving His one and only son, to die for me.

What an amazing God I serve. As I am typing this, I am moved to tears by how much God has been able to speak through me. How He has used this blog or His glory. How He taught me, and continues to teach me, that my mistakes are beautiful to Him and that He loves my crooked lines. A God who holds me, picks me up when I have face-planted. One who rubs my back as I am sobbing on His shoulder. One who nurses me back to health, after I have done something to make myself sick.

I serve a God who's love, leaves me breathless. He 'broke the cage that silenced me, and set this songbird free'. I cannot even begin to explain everything that the Lord has done in my life, and never will I be able to; because, all my life He has been faithful, and He will be for the rest of it. You know why? Because that is just the kind of God I serve. So take ahold of your freedom, shout it from the rooftops, and help others take control of theirs!

Amen!