This is God's will for me. No matter what I do, no matter what I see, no matter what I know, still I must rejoice, pray, give thanks. When the shackles carve into her wrists and she writhes in pain as she is raped over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again, and no one even cares where she is, still I must rejoice? Give thanks?
How God? How can I rejoice when still she is not free? How can I rejoice when the bonds have still got just one in their clutches?
Because in this is freedom: when we rejoice, give thanks in everything, and pray, then the captives are truly set free because we can rejoice that no matter what God still sits on His throne and has conquered sin and death, and in this knowledge is freedom. I can give thanks that God loves me--all people--and nothing I do or say can ever change that.
In this love is freedom. I can pray, oh yes, I can pray, speak God's words at the darkness, the Sword of the Spirit, and I can break the strongholds with God's very words, with His sword, my sword.
Rejoice. Pray. Thank.
And find freedom "for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."
The will of God is the foundation and the embodiment of freedom. Amen.
Prayer: Thank You Lord for freedom. It is for freedom that we have been set free (Gal. 5:1) and I proclaim freedom in Jesus' name for all those who are trapped still in bondage. I rejoice because of the great breakthrough of justice we saw at the Superbowl and we rejoice because we know that there is hope. Yes, Lord we give thanks that Your will is that we might be free and in that freedom bring hope and salvation and more freedom to the captives of the world and the nations. Thank You Lord for overcoming sin and death that we might spend eternity in joy with You. We love You. We rejoice that in You there is truth! YOU ARE TRUTH! And the truth will set you free! Amen!! (John 8:32)
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