“Set Us Free”
Isaiah 58:6
“[Rather] is
not this the fast that I have chosen: … to let the oppressed go free…
When a believer
says “Yes” to the work that Jesus did on the cross, they are embracing a legal
work that identifies the believer as not guilty before God. This is the importance of the Gospel message: we are declared “Not-guilty” by the heavenly judge, God the Father, because our Advocate, Jesus, took the “Guilty” charge on our behalf. Since we are not-guilty any more, we are
freed from all things. This includes all
forms of oppression.
Oppression (the
exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner) can
continue for the believer, even though we are considered not guilty, because of
not exercising the new authority we have in Jesus. In other words, we have a tendency to allow
the enemy of our souls (the devil) to exercise authority or power in a manner
that is not according to God’s best for our lives.
Through fasting,
we uphold the legal work against the enemy and declare to him our freedom
because of the blood of Jesus. It reminds
us of Him who gave us freedom (Jesus), and it reminds the enemy that the blood
of Jesus Christ is the most powerful force against sin and its penalty, which
is death (Romans 6:23).
We don’t have to
be oppressed…plead the blood of Jesus Christ over your life.
Prayer:
“Lord, I plead the
blood of Jesus Christ over my life. The
judgment has been made that Jesus Christ’s work paid the penalty for sin and I
don’t have to be oppressed any longer.
Lord, remove the effect of any oppression in my life, in Jesus
Name. Amen.”
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