Galatians 5:1 ‘Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith have Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.’

DAILY READING; 2 Timothy 4; Jeremiah 11-12; Psalm 124

Casey Treat is a well-known American pastor, televangelist, author and motivational speaker.
He is the co-founder and co-pastor of Christian Faith Center in Washington DC.
As a teenager, Casey Treat lived a rough life and was heavily involved with illegal drugs. In 1974, at the age of 19, he entered a drug rehabilitation center and there found salvation in Christ Jesus. However, 30 years later, the enemy tried to use the consequence of his earlier drug abuse to threaten his life.
In 2003, while undergoing a routine medical exam, the results revealed that Hepatitis C was killing Casey Treat. Doctors said he had a four percent chance of clearing the virus and most likely over the next few years, his liver would fail and he would either need a liver transplant, which was difficult, or he would die young.
Doctors recommended a double dose of chemotherapy and other medicines for 11 months. But they told Casey that even with treatment there was only a four percent chance of clearing the disease. With so few options, Casey desperately needed God to intervene. So he and his wife, Wendy began praying and seeking God for a miracle.
Casey continued to pastor his church of 8,000 members as he began undergoing treatments and believing God for divine healing.
Amazingly, the virus cleared in the first month of treatments. It was a miraculous answer to prayers and living by faith.
From this experience of God’s faithfulness, during his darkest hour, Casey Treat wrote the book ‘How to be Your Best When You Feel Your Worst’.

Nahum 1:9 says that affliction shall not rise up the second time. This declaration was the prayer and heart-cry of Prophet Nahum for the people of Israel, when he saw the desolation his nation had suffered at the hand of the Assyrians.
Oftentimes, the enemy attempts to afflict people with repetitive cycles of pain. Such trials and afflictions could be due to past mistakes or sin. But then the Bible says there is no more condemnation for them who are now in Christ Jesus.
No matter what happened in the past, affliction is not permitted to arise a second time in a believer’s life. The pains of the past are not allowed to torment your present.
This is why we must stand our ground and stop the enemy’s attempt to repeat afflictions in our lives. Despite the mistakes and sins of the past, God has made provision for our total deliverance through the Blood of Jesus.
We must therefore stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and refuse to be entangled again with any yoke of bondage.[ Galatians 5:1]

Through redemption, we are free from bondages and afflictions. Christ paid a high price at Calvary, to enable us walk free from every oppression of the enemy, Therefore we must not accept anything outside of God’s will for us.
Refuse and resist every plan of the enemy to put again upon you what Christ has already suffered for and paid for at Calvary.
Truly, whosoever the son of God has set free is truly free indeed. Freedom from oppression is our heritage in God and our birthright in Christ.
We are not meant to accept trials or challenges with docility, rather we are to arise and fight a good fight of faith against them, knowing that the price for our liberty has fully been paid
However, to truly enjoy freedom, we must seek for revelation from God’s Word because it is the knowledge of the truth that sets free.
Through the Word we receive the understanding that Jesus has given us power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing can by any means hurt us.
Through the price Christ paid at Calvary we are untouchable and unmolestable.
Because Jesus hung on the Cross for us, no sickness, poverty or affliction can hang on us anymore.
We have been set free indeed! Therefore wherever we go, there should be ceaseless songs of deliverance and victory in our mouth. We praise God who is faithful and has given us dominion over every affliction and freedom from every oppression!

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the power in the Blood of Jesus. Today I receive the grace for indepth study of the Word, so that I can know how to fully engage the power in the Blood to overcome in every area of my life in Jesus Name.
QUOTE :
Nothing liberates like truth, the truth you know and act upon will set you free.- – WORDBITE 222.