“Deliverance”

1 John 4:4

Deliverance is defined as release; redemption; rescue; salvation; freeing; saving.

We are promised power and strength when we call upon God for deliverance from spiritual attacks and Satan's schemes to bind us, whether to an addiction, emotion, thought, relationship, finances, or other strongholds.  We need to depend on God for deliverance from our foes. The nation of Israel had been in captivity for about 70 years, the Prophet Jeremiah warned the nation before their captivity started they would be in captivity to the Babylonians because of their disobedience to God.

When we are under the hand of our foes, we cannot lose heart, and we cannot lose faith in God's ability to deliver us from the hand of our enemy. The people whom God has saved are to thank Him because He rescued them from their enemies, literally, “the hand of the enemy.” The nation needed God to deliver them, just as he delivered them from Egypt under Moses. They were gathered them from the lands, from the east and the west, from the north and the south. The exiles have been “redeemed” from the hand of the foe, the Babylonians. But their return could have come from all parts of the earth. The Israelites were scattered by the Assyrians as well as the Babylonians. God can deliver you from the hands of your enemy, God can deliver you from your sins and addictions that enslave you. No matter what or who holds you captive, God can offer deliverance if you will humble yourself before Him and ask.

I come by this afternoon to let you know deliverance is yours if you want it. We need to depend on God for deliverance when we are lost. Trials and tribulations are always going to happen in life; James 1 says it’s a part of this journey we’re on and is meant to refine us. Be blessed and I love you!!! JE