January 2018

Deliverance, Deliverance, Deliverance

Dearly beloved, listen to the Father’s still small voice. “My child, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.” You are His dearly beloved child; listen to Him.

He is for you who He has always been for His people; the date may have changed, but He has not. “Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress; he sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from destruction. Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind.”

We worship the One True and Living God, the Almighty in power: In our every need, He is our sufficiency. “You shall worship the Lord your God, and I will bless your bread and your water; and I will take sickness away from among you.” He is the Lord that heals us.

Oh, hear His still voice as He gently whispers in your ear. “You shall be the most blessed of peoples, with neither sterility nor barrenness among you or your livestock. The Lord will turn away from you every illness.” This is His will and He has the power to bring it to pass in your life as He did in theirs.

Dearly beloved, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits--who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the Pit”. Hold His words in your heart as you face today’s evil. He will be there for you today the same as He was yesterday.

He will do for you what He has faithfully done for others. “O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.” Beloved, “His faithfulness is a shield and buckler.”

He sent His only begotten Son for you. As surely as he lived, he fulfilled his purpose in coming. “Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are whole.”

“Who his own self [Jesus Christ] bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”

Jesus did not give his life in vain; his meat was to do the will of God that sent him and to finish the work He sent him to accomplish. There was no compromise with him; he set his face like a flint and did the will of the Father. He left nothing undone. Mission accomplished!

We do not have less in Christ today; we have so much more in him! You are dearly beloved by the Father, and He highly favored you in Christ.

Your deliverance is available; He is present to deliver you. He will never leave you, and He will never, no never forsake you. Your deliverance is His heart’s desire. He will not withhold anything good from you. Regardless of what you are facing today, He is working for your good; cast your cares on Him because He cares for you. He hears your cry for help; be confident that He will deliver you according to His Word. He is not the liar; His words are true and faithful.

Is your need greater than Noah’s in the day of the flood? God delivered him and his family when no one else believed Him.

Is your need greater than the children of Israel’s need when Egypt’s mighty army pinned them against the Red Sea? God provided them a path through the sea while He held off the army.

Is your need greater than theirs when God told Joshua to cross the Jordan when it was at flood stage? He parted it.

Is your need greater than Hezekiah’s when he lay sick dying and he cried to God and He healed him.

Is your need greater than Lazarus’ need when Jesus raised him from the dead?

What is too hard for Him? Is His arm shortened that He cannot deliver? Our God is the Almighty God, the all-powerful God, the Living and True God, and dearly beloved, He cares for you! He is able and willing to perform His Word in your life; it is the good pleasure of His will. He says so! There is none like Him! He isn’t known as the Deliverer for nothing.

He freely provided you with access to Him by His spirit. He invites you to approach His throne of grace to find His help in time of need. Go with your whole heart putting your trust in Him. Approach Him with confidence and speak freely with Him because in Christ you are His dearly beloved and highly favored.

Dearly beloved of God, listen to your Father; don’t take His Word for granted. His Word is a living Word the same as He is the Living God. Receive it as it is in truth, the Word of God, which effectually works as you believe it.