Gods Will is Liberty Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (2 Corinthians 3:17) Liberty. If you could put the will of God into one word, that would be the word. God wants people to be free. Free from sin, sickness, poverty, oppression and every other curse. That freedom is what Jesus came to provide. He said, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor...to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised (Luke 4:18). Thats what He trained His disciples to do. And if youre a born-again believer, thats what He wants you to do too! Some people say, Well, I dont know about that. That may not be Gods will for today. But listen, the Bible says God never changes. He hasnt changed His will for the earth. He doesnt do one thing awhile and then go do another thing awhile. Jesus life was a perfect picture of Gods will 2,000 years ago-- and it still is! Thats why He left instructions for us to go and do the works that He did. Thats why He sent the Holy Spirit to empower us to do them. Jesus still wants to do the will of the Father here on earth--but He does it through us. He has to work with us until were willing to lay down our traditions and let Him do His thing. Thats what the early Church did. They started out with a bang because they did as Jesus taught them. Everywhere they went people became free. Lets pray for the Church of today to deliver the liberty of God to the world. Lets quit questioning the will of God and start carrying it out instead. He said the works that He did we would do also and even greater works (John 14:12). Its time for us to take up where Jesus left off and set the captives free! SCRIPTURE READING: Isaiah 61:1-11 Is 61:1 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; Is 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; Is 61:3 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. Is 61:4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. Is 61:5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. Is 61:6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord; men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. Is 61:7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. Is 61:8 For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. Is 61:9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed. Is 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. Is 61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 02:32:52 +0000
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