Freedom
Have you been feeling stressed lately? Have thoughts of worry and doubt been pushing down on you all day? Has anger and bitterness consumed your thoughts and actions making you irritable and short-tempered? Does it seem like theres no hope in life sometimes? Did you know that you don't have to feel these things ever again? None of the things I just listed are from God. In fact, they are 100% from the devil himself. Many people don't actually realize the freedom that they have in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Most have never known or experienced the kind of life he has intended for us to live and the real way to get rid of our problems.
Many of you don't know the miraculous things the Lord has done in my life over the past year. Did you know that a year ago I was stuck in a deep depression that the Lord delivered me from? Those who are close to me know that a year ago I used to take 14 pills before I went to bed at night: An anxiety pill, many asthma pills, and very high-dosage of a sleeping pill. Fear and worry used to control my life and I felt like I could never escape. I went sleepless night after sleepless night and the opinions of others and the multitude of insecurities replayed constantly in my mind... but it wasn't until the day that I realized who was ACTUALLY in control that I was able to experience REAL freedom. Now I am able to live the most joyful and peaceful life that I never thought in a million years was even possible.
Philippians 2:9-1 says, "Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names. That at the name of Jesus every knee must bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
We have been blessed with this amazing gift of the Bible, and it provides us with the truth and nothing but it! Philippians tells us that EVERY knee MUST bow down in the name of Jesus. The devil is sneaky in the way that he finds our insecurities and inferiorities and uses them to convince us that he has any sort of power over us, which is the farthest thing from the truth and nothing but an absolute lie! Jesus has already defeated the devil and has won! By giving into our fears and anxieties and bitterness we are actually serving our sins.
Did you know that? Did also you know that a servant only has ONE master? You can't have a master God and a master sin, you can only serve one. So what do you choose?
Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins and defeated the devil so that we may have freedom. Freedom from our fears, freedom from our anxieties, freedom from our oppression, freedom from our sins, freedom from whatever it is that is weighing you down and keeping you from the overwhelming love and peace of the Lord. The Lord WANTS you to cast your troubles onto him so that he may cover you with his amazing and overwhelming peace and love. And i've gotta tell you, theres nothing like resting in the Lord's presence. The closer you draw near to God the harder it is for the devil to harass you and mess with you.
Are you tired of the life your living? Are you tired of being tired and continue to come home empty handed when trying to find something to make you feel like you're worth something or to fill that empty feeling inside of you?
GOD IS WAITING FOR YOU with open arms I might add! Don't worry about how you come to Him. You don't have to clean up your life in order to come to Him, He just wants to love on you an give you that rest you so desperately seek and to fill that emptiness with life! We all are the precious sons and daughters of the Lord and creator of the universe! His love for us goes past anything you could ever fathom or comprehend and He wants YOU!
Matthew 11:28-30 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
