‘Free at last… praise God free at last’

A wonderful song from a by-gone age and yet it still resounds where ever hurting, broken people are to be found…

‘The Lord will perfect that which concerns you: his mercies endure forever: he will not forsake the works of his own hands’ Psalm 138:8

God has not forgotten you my friend, he has not given up, he is simply perfecting that which concerns you!!

He is working to bring you into total freedom, not just liberty from your suffering which were caused by the hurts you went through, but all the abuses of your past.

His mercy endures forever; it didn't run out when you were hurt, it still prevails and it’s keeping you alive so that his divine purpose will be seen in you.

He will perfect everything concerning you, your body which was broken, your voice which has been imprisoned, your mind which has been in turmoil.

He will perfect everything, he will not neglect any part of your being;he will make you whole!!

God will not forsake you, you are the work of his hands, you were fearfully and wonderfully made, your substance is not hidden from him... Psalm 139 verses 14-16.

Best of all you are His!!

Ask yourself; could you forget your own child? Could you neglect them when they are in need, if they took ill would you not turn the world upside down to bring them health?

Of course you would!

How much more then will your heavenly Father bring you complete restoration and health when you’re in need?

‘How much more will your heavenly Father give good things to them that ask him? Matthew 7:11

God is not your enemy, he is your friend, one that sticks closer than a brother, Proverbs 18:24,

God is for you and not against you, so begin to thank him for the life that you now live and it will get even better.

Thank him for the breath you breathe and then use that breath to give him thanks for each new day.

Thank God for the sense of being despised and rejected … Isaiah 53:3for you have simply drank from the cup that Christ drank from; (Matthew 20:22)

 

Thank him for pain you are suffering for it serves to remind you of the agony he suffered on the cross…

Thank him for the ‘grief and sorrow’ that has touched your life for in them you have tasted the cost of your salvation. Isaiah 53:4

Thank God for the feeling when you're ‘stricken and smitten of God ‘for now you can see that it was God who struck down his own Son; for you!! Isaiah 53:4

Give thanks that Christ was chastised on your behalf’ so that you could have peace. As for the stripes you bear let them be a constant reminder of the cost of your healing. Isaiah 53:5

Thank God for the wounds and the bruises you carry for they are a reminder that Christ was ‘wounded and bruised for your sin’ not his own. Isaiah 53:5

Thank God that when you went astray like a sheep the Lord laid on Christ your iniquity. Isaiah 53:6

Give thanks that Christ was ‘oppressed and afflicted, he was brought as a lamb to the slaughter, that he was taken from prison and from judgement’ Isaiah 53:8

Praise God that he cut his Son off from the land of the living and that it pleased Him to bruise Christ and put him to grief for your sake ...Isaiah 53:8

What ever wounds you carry, whatever the roots of your pain turn them into a source of thanksgiving…

Let your wounds be a reminder, a real reminder that Christ loved you enough to die for you.

A reminder that Jesus came to make it possible for you to live an abundant life… John 10:10

A reminder that Jesus bare your sins in his own body on the cross and by his stripes you were healed... (1Peter 2:24)

The Apostle Paul wrote; 'giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ Ephesians 5:20.

 

Can it be he was reminding us of Calvary's pain and its ultimate victory? When he wrote…

'Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God…  

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds' Hebrews 12:2-3

This is not the time to be weary and faint in our minds, it’s a time to remember the whole plan of God.

A plan that is eternal, and sure; purchased in full through the blood of Calvary’s sacrificial lamb… For you, for me, for all who would believe and receive Christ as Lord and saviour.

Its time to remain steadfast for there is a joy set before you, a better tomorrow; so endure…one day we who believe will all sit at our Fathers side and sing…

‘Free at last, praise God free at last’

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