Exodus 12:23

‘For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.’

•  DAILY READING –  – 2 Corinthians 4:1-5:10; 2 Kings 17; Micah 6

Edward Salazar Mauricio was a prominent pastor in Mexico. He was known for his far-reaching efforts in preaching the Gospel and winning souls into God’s kingdom. However, what was amazing about him was the fact that he was once a murderer who was meant to have  gone to the electric chair.

As a youth, he killed a man during an armed robbery attack and was poised to face the electric chair in Texas, a state that often wields the sword of justice with finality. By God’s grace, he received a life sentence instead. However, he hated and even viciously attacked Christians who attempted to witness to him in his prison cell. Despite this hatred for Christians, during his somewhat frequent trips to solitary confinement, the guards often left a Bible in his cell. He started reading the Bible to pass the time, but little did he realize that God, in His great love, was slowly planting His Word in his heart.

Years later, in 1978, he attended a prison evangelistic meeting for the first time, where a minister preached on Saul of Tarsus persecuting Christians and about his subsequent conversion. After leaving the meeting Edward went to his prison cell, got on his knees, and asked God to forgive Him and surrendered his life to Christ. Four years later, by God’s grace, he received a reprieve.  He was paroled and soon released.  He became a committed Christian, who eventually became a minister of the Gospel, preaching in many nations of the world.

It is indeed amazing how God could take a murderer and turn him into a missionary. But that is what the transformation power of the blood of Jesus can do. By the power in the blood, the yoke of a criminal lifestyle was broken in Edward Mauricio’s life and he became a new man.

Likewise, it doesn’t matter how long a man may have been in any bondage, once he encounters the power in the blood of Jesus, deliverance is immediate.

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.’

There is no pit so deep, that the blood cannot pull a man out of it. There is no yoke so strong that the blood of Jesus cannot break it. There is no bondage so thick that the blood cannot destroy it. The blood is able to destroy every captivity in your life. Every evil habit, secret sin or bondage the enemy has tried to ensnare you with can be broken off you by the power of the blood of Jesus. The Bible records that after the mystery of the blood was applied in Egypt, the siege of captivity over the Israelites was broken. Therefore any battle the enemy has arraigned against you can be destroyed through the invocation of the blood of Jesus.

Revelation 12:11 says ‘And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death’

Indeed we can overcome any situation through the power in the Blood. There is wonder-working power in the blood to break every chain of captivity in anyone’s life. No matter how long you may have been held in any bondage, your deliverance can be secured today through The Blood. Indeed through the power in the Blood of Jesus, we have been redeemed  from every curse of the law to enjoy every blessing of grace.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the power in the blood of Jesus. Indeed today, by the blood I have victory over everything contesting my glorious destiny in Jesus Name

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Nothing liberates like truth, the truth you know and act upon will set you free.- – WORDBITE 222.