Using Alpha Power to Break Bondages

UV 2945/10000 Using Alpha Power to Break Bondages


For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem
Ezra 9 v 9

Contrary to what the philosopher Rousseau wrote , all mankind are born in chains. We are born bondmen, born in sin to sin or fall short of the greatness of God but we are born again in Christ to be free. There are several bondages that afflict all mankind- it could be certain addiction or bad habit, a negative trait of character, a spiritual bondage to evil. But, the Lord extends His mercy towards us as we seek it earnestly. He revives our hope even as He revived the hope of Israelite slaves of Egypt by sending them a leader and saviour in Moses. Likewise, He revives our hope and strength by sending us the Holy Spirit whose Alpha power can break any bondage of addiction, any bondage of bad habit or any grip of evil, any bondage of weakness, shame or stigma on our lives. The Lord God sets up His spiritual house in and with us. He repairs the broken walls of our lives, He restores our fallen defences.

As we worship and praise Him as the people of Judah under King Jehoshaphat facing war against a formidable army of the Assyrian king Sennacherib, He causes spiritual strongholds of darkness in our lives to fall or cease. As we relate to Him in all the details of our lives and give our hearts or the very core of our existence to Him, He makes us Jerusalem- a house of peace or Shalom. The Lord becomes our hedge, our wall of fire and works out things in our lives for His greater glory.

Instead of our former bondage, we are now free for whom the Lord Jesus sets free is free indeed. No bondage of this world no longer has a hold on us. The enemy of our souls have no claim on our lives since we are vessels consecrated to the Lord. Unlike bondmen, our freedom to think, to speak, to express ourselves creatively, to move around freely are not hindered. Our sagging spirits are revived. Our souls are refreshed constantly by the fellowship of the Spirit of God. No fear or threat of our former master has any hold on us.