So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. In Acts 5, John and the apostles were placed in
prison. During the night, an angel came
and led them out of the prison. They
were set free. In Acts 12, Peter is
seized and thrown into prison. Again
Peter is guided out of prison in the middle of the night by a messenger of God. He was freed from the grasp of the King. Imagine the surprise to find the jail locked
but the prisoners gone. The prison could
not hold them. There has not been a
prison created that can hold what God has set free. If a physical prison cannot hold a person
who God has decided should go free then prisons of the mind cannot hold us
captive either. All of us find ourselves
in a cage at one time or another. The
same God who drew Peter and the apostles out of prison can set us free from the
worst kind of prisons; the prisons of fear that we have built in our mind. The
apostles were put I jail by others. Often
we put ourselves in the prisons of the mind and we choose to stay there. The
apostles were released from one prison by God only to be put in other
prisons. However, when God sets us free
mentally and spiritually, you are free indeed.
Who can ever make you go back to that cell again? God is stronger than the prisons you and I
have created and lived in for years. Now
he wants to free you from those prisons so that you do not ever need to go back
to that prison.
Thank you God for how you lead us. Like a shepherd leading his sheep. Sometimes through the words you spoke in the Bible, your written word. at other times, it was the wise words from friends, coworkers,or neighbors spoken at just the right time. Still other times it was a gentle tug, a whisper to our heart to move in one direction or another; intuition or a sixth sense that one way or another was right or wrong Yet, when I listened and obeyed I found the way was clear, distinct and easy to follow. You never leave us to guess which way to go. ...
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