Bondage breaker and Burden lifter

UV 412/10,000 Exodus 6 v 6 Deliverance from burdens and bondage Exo 6:6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: Our bonding with the Lord as His children and as the children of Israel by adoption enables us to be delivered by Him of all our worrisome burdens and our wearisome bondage. A burden is a load that is acting on our minds at the present moment while a bondage is a long standing issue. The Lord does not just promise to lighten our loads but promises to rid us of our bondage. The three persons of the Trinity affirm ,” I am the Lord” implying that the lordship and sovereignty of God is challenged when we are in bondage and under burdens. The purpose of God is also sought to be defeated by bondage and burdens. A bondage is imposed on us from outside by a greater power. A burden is a problem we create for ourselves. We cannot worship the Lord with freedom and in the spirit of truth and holiness when we are reeling with suffering from bondage and burdens. We cannot fulfill our potential when we are struggling under such a yoke. The bondage can be due to an external or internal factor. Egypt is a symbol of our bondage to the world’s belief systems. On account of this kind of bondage, we perceive ourselves not as autonomous persons capable of making our own decisions or as free and beloved children of the Almighty God but as slaves of something or someone bigger and more powerful than ourselves. We become bond-servants of limiting beliefs and habits. Our bondage leads to unbearable burdens of guilt, fear and hopelessness being imposed upon us. Our bondage leaves traces of its pervasive cultural and psychic influence on our minds. The Lord is compassionate. He sees both the persecutor and the persecuted. He judges the oppressor and delivers the oppressed. The Lord promises to deliver us from all such bondage. He delivers us with an outstretched arm, implying by direct intervention in our lives. The word “outstretched” is used to signify that the Lord will use all His power if needed and spare no efforts to cause our complete deliverance. He also delivers us with judgements or by the Holy Spirit convicting us of areas we need to change by laying the relevant scripture on our minds. All the righteous judgements of God are contained in the Word. The Israelites sought their freedom from the bondage of Pharaoh so that they can go into the desert and worship God. That was the first step they took to lead them into the land of milk and honey. We are freed so that we can worship Him both in the desert experience and in the land of milk and honey. The milk is a metaphor for the Word of God while honey is a metaphor for the sweet promises of God that strengthen us for our present challenges and prepare us for eternal life. Even when we find ourselves in a desert experience, we dwell in the land of milk and honey as long as the Word is with us and in us. Prateep V Philip