Break Free From Your Burden

   

  What does freedom look like? What does it even mean? At the most I can tell you what its not. Each one of us have something that we carry that weighs us down. A secret sin that we try to hide from others. We put on a brave face, laugh a lot, and strive to make others happy even when we feel like we are dying on the inside. "Oh, I am fine," we say. Or we tell ourselves we can handle it, we're strong enough to overcome this. But the moment another temptation comes we give in ever too quickly. "Oh it's fine I am just weak because I haven't prayed enough or read the Bible enough. Next time will be better." Next time comes and we fall again, again, and again. The result of it is that we are in the lowest state we can be. We become depressed, ashamed, lonely, desperate, frustrated. Then we ask ourselves when is it ever going to end? Is this all life has to offer because it's miserable. I have been reading the book of Matthew this week and I realized that Jesus Christ didn't die for us to be in a constant struggle over something He already conquered at Calvary.

" 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)

     Freedom from anything can only come through Christ. Now I'm not saying people cannot help us with our issues because they can but it's God working through them whether they know it or not. Christ is the Great Deliverer, so there is no one more qualified than Him. How is God our Deliverer? He delivered us from sin (which had us bound). Think of it this way, when we lived in sin we technically were puppets for the devil (the puppet master). The devil likes to deceive, put on a show, and play games. We were his pawns. We were prisoners. Christ came to set us free. Just like He is the Mighty Conqueror. He is the greatest warrior that ever lived and he never picked up a sword. Why? Because He conquered sin when He died on the cross saying, "It is finished" (John 19:30). Meaning my work here is done, it's been taken care of. He conquered death when He raised to life again, "no man taketh it (My life) from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down and to take it again" (John 10:18). He conquered sickness by the beating He took "By His stripes we were healed" (1 Peter 2:24). He did all of that for you. He defeated EVERYTHING for you. It doesn’t mean that we won't struggle, it just means that it has already been defeated over 2,000 years ago. So now we can walk away from it never to look back again.

"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world

Ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world" (John 16:33)

    A dear sister in Christ told me about what God was doing in her families life. She had two family members who were not saved and needed healing on top of it. She testified that both gave theirs lives to Christ and He gave them healing. She also told me about her own healing. She had suffered for months with sharp pains in her head that only grew worse. She prayed one time and from then on she started to thank the LORD for her healing. It's not that the pain went away immediately but it grew even more worse. You know what she did? Instead of going into despair and saying "why has God not answered me?" She told the devil that he was a liar and said she knows she has been healed because she had already asked God for it. She continued to thank the LORD for her healing and as the days went on the pain got better until one day it was gone completely. That's all it takes. Praising God in the meantime. As I was listening to her talk I remembered my own struggle with something that has haunted me for years. And I thought, "well if she can do that for healing then I can do that for deliverance." So I want to encourage you to take time to open up to God about your struggle. Repent of it and ask God to be delivered from it for good. Never be ashamed to go to God, because he already knew your struggle before you were born yet He still died for you. In the meantime be like my sister in Christ who was not discouraged when things didn't happen right away (remember the devil likes to test us) but she believed in the promises of God and praised Him until it was vanquished forever. She is a human like we are so God will do the exact same for you and me. Don't let the title of this post fool you. We cannot break free from our burdens, but all we have to do is simply walk away from it and leave it at the feet of Jesus. Why do we make things so complicated? I will never understand. Just know that if you are struggling with something today that God died so that you can be free from it. Believe in Him. Trust in Him and He will do the rest. God Bless You!