Isaiah 45:22  ‘Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.’

• DAILY READING  Philippians 3; Ezekiel 23; Isaiah 51

Prisoners are often happy to end their term and depart from prison. However in 2016, a prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay prison camp refused to leave his prison, even after he had been set free.  The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a United States military prison located within  Cuba. In 2009, there was an executive order from the US government mandating the gradual closure of Guantánamo Bay. As a result prison authorities began to reduce the number of prisoners at the camp. One of the prisoners was a Yemen-born, Al-Queda militant, who after 14 years of captivity was finally given his freedom. However instead of being returned back to Afghanistan,  he had been relocated to a new town where he would begin life anew, having agreed to put terrorism behind him. Finally on the day of his release, he was taken to the airport to board a plane.  But at the last minute he panicked and refused to enter the plane scheduled for him. He asked to be taken back to his prison, his reason  being that he was afraid of the new environment, he was being sent to, . He didn’t want to go to the country where he was being relocated to. His refusal perplexed prison authorities but when he refused to change his decision, he had to be returned back to the prison to stay on indefinitely with no further hope of soon being released.

 Zechariah 9;11-12 says ‘As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;’

Here, God has not only delivered us from prison but also has promised to render unto us double for our trouble. But due to the limitations of the mind, many are afraid to step out into the great and mighty things God has for them. They look at their circumstances, rather than focus on God’s grace and mighty power. God is displeased when limitations are placed on His deliverance ability. .

Psalm 78;40 – 42  says ‘How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.’

In the wilderness, the Israelites vexed the Holy One of Israel by not  remembering His power and the mighty signs and wonders He showed in Egypt when delivering them from Pharoah. Likewise, no matter what confronts us,  we must always focus on God’s amazing deliverance power.  God has the ability, the capacity,  the power, wherewithal and resources to exceed our every expectations. Ephesians 3:20 tells us that God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. Indeed there is nothing God cannot do.  He is God Almighty, the King of kings, the LORD of lords, the Ancient of days, the Controller of the universe, the One Who speaks and it stands fast.

In Isaiah 45:22 God says ‘Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.’

Indeed our deliverance is only in God hands. He is the El-Shaddai, the All-Powerful more than enough God. Matthew 19:26 says “…with God all things are possible.” This means that God  can go beyond any kind of limitation; He cannot be limited by space. He asked in Jeremiah 23:24 “Do I not fill heaven and earth’.

Jesus , came to the earth to make God’s deliverance power available to us. He died at Calvary to break every barrier in our lives and pave for us a new and living way by His blood. And today, by the blood of Jesus, every wall or boundary that hemmed you in has been broken in Jesus Mighty Name. Today is your day to take the limits off. It’s time to shake off the past and embrace an amazing new future. Do not allow fear to hinder you from taking steps forward. Know today that there is no force in the universe that can stop you from fulfilling your God-given destiny when God is for you. Indeed if God be for you, who can be against you? There is no limit to His power in your life! Therefore don’t settle for less than God’s best. Don’t settle for the ordinary when you were designed for the extraordinary. It’s time to Break Out! Jesus has indeed set you free from all limitations!

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to keep my focus on You at all times. I know indeed that by the power in the Blood of Jesus, I have been set free from every limitations in Jesus Name.

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God’s promises in Christ in your life may appear delayed, but never forget that delays are not denials..