Zech. 9:11 “As for thee also, by the Blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein there is no water.”

• DAILY READING Revelation 21-22; Isaiah 9-10; Psalm 111

Apostle Octavia Standley is an American minister of the Gospel who, together with her husband, pastors a thriving church in Kansas City, Missouri. She is the author of several books, one of which is the bestseller titled ‘I Dated a Serial Killer,’. In the book, she speaks about how prompt obedience to the voice of The Spirit saved her from possible death. Years ago, while working as a supermodel, she had been far from God and living in sin. However, one day she was invited to a church, and while there, the Holy Spirit convicted her of her lifestyle. She confessed her sins, made her peace with God and decided to turn a new leaf.
That very night as she returned home, a man she had been dating turned up at her home wanting to lure her back into sin. But having made the firm decision to follow Christ she turned him down and asked him to leave her house. He was reluctant to leave. She kept praying within her for the Holy Spirit to make him leave. Eventually, when he saw she wouldn’t budge, he left. Apostle Octavia said she knew God had delivered her from something that night, though she didn’t exactly know what it was then. A few weeks later, while watching television, she saw on the news that her former boyfriend had been arrested and to her great shock, he was identified as a serial killer, who had killed a number of women. What perhaps shocked her the most was the discovery that the night he killed his last victim was the very night she had turned him out of her home. Apparently, after leaving her home, he had visited another girlfriend who he ended up killing that night. Octavia said she knew without a doubt she would have been his victim, had she not listened to the voice of the Holy Spirit to begin to live holy.
The truth is that the instructions of God are meant to deliver us from destruction. His Words are designed to deliver us from the traps and pits of the enemy. His commandments are not to grieve us, but to groom us.
Many times when God gives instructions, we may not know what He is saving us from. Some people are suffering today, what they could easily have avoided, had they obeyed The Holy Spirit’s early promptings.
Spiritual insensitivity can be disastrous. Indeed you can’t afford to live carelessly especially in this endtime. You can’t afford to give the enemy the slightest access to your life. Once the hedge is broken through sin, the enemy has the opportunity to strike. Any sin that is not dealt with will eventually deal with the sinner. You must therefore  stop sin, before it stops you!
However, the fight against sin will not be won simply by strong will or self-control. It is a spiritual battle needing weapons of divine intervention. In this generation especially, the enemy is releasing the greatest assault and temptations against the church and believers. According to scriptures, he is the man of sin, and knowing that his time is short, he has come down on humanity with great wrath. To overcome, we must fight back with the weapons of our warfare which are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. And in this warfare the Blood of Jesus is our ultimate weapon.
In the book of Exodus, despite all the miracles Moses performed, Israel could not be free until the blood was invoked. The truth is that no one can get out of Egypt without the application of the blood. Salvation means deliverance through our blood covenant with God. Only the blood has the atoning power over sin (I Corinthians 5:7). The blood holds the key to freedom from every pit.
Zech. 9:11 says “As for thee also, by the Blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein there is no water.”
Prisoners in the waterless pit are set free only by the blood! Therefore if you find yourself in any form of bondage, the blood is the way out. Grace has been made available to us through the Blood. And as we constantly plead the Blood over our lives, every yoke of sin, sickness, poverty and every evil affliction will be permanently destroyed in Jesus Name.

PRAYER: Lord, Today I invoke the blood of Jesus against everything fighting my destiny. Indeed by the mystery of the blood, I declare my freedom from every form of bondage in Jesus Name.

QUOTE

The battle you are faced with today is a good warfare because God has already foreordained victorious end for you.