WALKING IN THE FULLNESS OF OUR INHERITANCE

august 31st

                WE HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DELIVERED FROM THE BONDAGE OF FEAR AND OPPRESSION - IN ALL OF ITS FORMS


        ...."Fear not, for you shall not be ashamed; neither be confounded and depressed, for you shall not be put to shame; for you shall forget the shame of your youth"….

                                                                  Isaiah 54:4a Amplified Translation

        ...."You shall establish yourself in righteousness, in conformity with God's will and order; you shall be far even from the thought of oppression or destruction, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you....but no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgement you shall show to be in the wrong. This peace, righteousness, security over opposition is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]. This is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me - this is that which I impart to them as their justification, says the Lord"....
            Isaiah 54:14,17 Amplified Translation


        As the child of God meditates and confesses these above scriptures they will "allow" the Holy Spirit to create in their heart the divine assurance [revelation] that wherever they go, and whatever they say [in the Lord] - and no matter what "circumstances" seem to dictate - that God will protect them from ANY weapon that is formed against them. It is of the utmost importance for every child of God to, daily, be renewed in their mind - for it is only in this way that one can come to the place wherein they are more in tune with what the Father desires to do and say, as opposed to what the Devil is doing and saying with his lies in his continual attempt to keep the child of God under a form of fear and oppression. This fear and oppression will certainly involve accusations, condemnation, the fear of man, and/or the sudden terror [panic] that comes with the "sudden" onslaughts of the Evil One in his attempt to move the child of God who enters [through fear, and in a state of rampant emotionalism and irrationality] into a place where he can strike them openly. How important it is for each and every one of us to have a revelation of the fact that we have been COMPLETELY DELIVERED from the bondage of fear and oppression - in all of its forms. It is actually part of our Covenant with God - as stated in the above scriptures. When I began my walk with the Lord I was in severe bondage to fear and depression, and one of the first things that the Holy Spirit did was lead me to the two scriptures above. As I began to meditate upon them I was immediately led into a series of situations where I had to stand on the Word of God alone or bow my knee once again to fear. Each time a situation was confronted in faith and love [instead of fear and compromise] I witnessed a remarkable thing time after time. In every situation, Satan "seemed" to have me cornered with no apparent route of escape, but I would stand firmly on these passages and NOT ONCE was I delivered less than perfectly! Eventually, I came to the point where I became totally free from "self-consciousness" [and the fear of man that it brings], and I came to realize, without a doubt, that God is ALWAYS watching over His Word to perform it on my behalf when I would simply exercise faith in His Word alone. When the Word of God states that, "you shall be far even from the thought of oppression or destruction, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you" we can be assured that it means exactly what it says. As the child of God enters into the place wherein they "refuse" to fear THEN, literally, the lying thoughts that the Devil attempts to influence them with will be far from them in the sense that as those lying thoughts "attempt" to appear on the scene [and they surely will] they will immediately be recognized and instantaneously replaced by a revelation of the Word of God rising up from deep within their heart. Earlier in the scripture above the Word states, "You shall establish yourself in righteousness, in conformity with God's will and order". The key then is for the child of God to give preeminence to the Word [Will] of God. For in this way one's heart is established in the righteousness of God and, in gaining a revelation of who they truly are in Christ, a "righteousness-consciousness" will replace the fear and sin-consciousness that, up until that time, had kept them in bondage to fear and unbelief - and the place of oppression. Another aspect of our Covenant with God found in the very same passage is that we shall not fear destruction or terror [danger] "for it shall not come near you". It is so important for each and every one of us to be continually pursuing a revelation of EVERY aspect of the wondrous Covenant we have with our Father, in Christ. He has made the provision for every one of His precious children to finish the race and, thus, accomplish ALL that He created them for from before the foundations of the earth. There is nothing that Satan can do to stop the one who "refuses" to fear - the one who "abides" in faith, love and obedience - at all cost to themselves. As one begins to move out into the fullness of God's will for their life and ministry they will surely encounter false judgements and great reproach but the good news is that any "false judgements" that are formed against the child of God will ALWAYS be shown to be in the wrong [unrighteous in nature] as that one continues to walk in love in the face of every lying accusation and unrighteous judgement [and the reproach that is its fruit] formed against them. As the believer begins to walk in perfect conformity to the Father's will and order [unfolding] for their life and ministry they will continually "rise above" [through a strict adherence to the revealed Word of God] any thought that the Evil One might try and sway them with and, truly, they shall be found "abiding" in the place of freedom from the bondage to fear and oppression in ANY form, and every weapon that is formed against them shall not only NOT prosper but, as they continue to stand in faith, it is certain that multiplied harm shall be turned back on the Evil One and his forces - causing great devastation to his schemes!

Related Scriptures: Romans 12:2; 2 Timothy 1:7; Jeremiah 1:12; Hebrews 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Jeremiah 1:5a; Psalm 25:12-15; Psalm 27:1-3; Exodus 23:22;

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