Deliverance to the Captives

I would like to start this post with an excerpt from a Prophet of the Lord's. His web-site shows his work and calling. His name is Roberts Liardon.

What is preaching deliverance to captives? The Lord showed me a vision once of people in a cage. All of them had weird smiles. The Lord said, "Go up there and look at them. This is what many of my churches are like."

So I went and saw there also were people walking by outside the cage. I looked more closely and realized that the people in the cage thought they were free and thought the people outside were in captivity! They were deceived into thinking
that captivity was freedom!

Preaching deliverance to captives is boldly speaking the truth in love and breaking the bondage of deception. That takes strength and anointing. The Church needs this kind of preaching, because so many are captives of sickness, captives of the flesh, captives of soulish theology, captives of the past, captives of bitterness, and so forth. Many are deceived and ignorant of the enemy's devices. The anointing blasts through those deceptions and brings the liberty of the truth. (John 8;32.)

The whole of his message is real meat of the word, more than I could say, definitly a great read, and instruction.

I have no problem with any of this, my problem is I can't see where I'm in error. Like everyone else, it's the things that I can't see that trip me up. To go from a life of darkness into the liberty of the Lord, is a huge step. I know that it's for freedom that I have been set free. But freedom is foriegn to my mind and soul, and my mind has to be trained to see truth with understanding. My soul needs to be restored. Those and other areas being transformed is what we call santification. This has to be a work of the word and the Spirit.

So then I find I'm at a loss with-in myself to help me. That is in my our strength and understanding. Thank God for the Spirit. He is with me and in me to teach and enable. This requires submission, and earnest diligence. Although His ability is given to live in me I have to develope in our relationship. As I've said I'm the weak link in this arrangement.

So here is my solution: I will fake it, till I make it. I will pretend to be what I ought it be. I'll use my child-like faith, and imagine myself to be as my example Jesus. I'll play that I'm as He is. Devoted to the Father. Full of the Spirit. Full of compassion and love. Bold in asking. Expectant in receiving. Joyfull in life, and live with great confidence. Master of all situations, overcoming all obstacles. Able for any task, and power for helping all who come to me. Some one has said; "if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull". So this is my stand. And you know what? In this I'm closer to the truth of the freedom of the gospel of God. As Paul said; "be imitators of me, as I imitate Christ."

Is this folly? No, by faith. Calling forth those things which do not appear, as though they do. God is pleased. And Jesus is exalted. And the work that my Father has for me will be done. You see; "it's Christ in you, the hope of glory". And as I walk the Holy Spirit will teach me and instruct me in the things I need to hear. And show me things I need to see. And give me wisdom and understanding of those things I need to know.