The Price Of Freedom

 

In the movie GLADIATOR directed by Ridley Scott the lead character General Maximus Decimus Meridius played by Russell Crowe wasn't asking for much, all he wanted was a simple life- he wanted to farm, be a father to his son and a loving husband to his dear wife.

He had served his king and nation faithfully leading their troops into many battles and being victorious, loved and well respected.

You would think he had done enough to live the peaceful and simple life he craved but life's complications wouldn't let it be.

Great men are often envied and betrayed.

His story is similar to the character played by Mel Gibson in the move Brave Heart- William Wallace.

Maximus Decimus Meridius and William Wallace both found themselves fighting for freedom despite wanting the easier and less complicated things in life.

All William Wallace wanted was a family of his own and land to farm on.

It wasn't meant to be sadly.

Men of great destinies chosen for greater causes and purposes often find themselves thrust into missions they didn't bargain for.

Their path is a sacrificial one often for the greater good.

Like Joseph of the old testament who was raised up for the economic and and material preservation of God's people and the nations of the known world at that time, he faced betrayal and setbacks in life which were actually setups for him to fulfill his destiny.

Joseph's wisdom was for the benefit of many, a destiny to preserve and free God's nation from drought and famine.

Joseph sought to be free from imprisonment.

William Wallace sought to be free from oppression.

Maximus Decimus wanted to be free to return to his family.

All three men sought and fought for freedom in different ways.

Something is wrong with the individual who doesn't desire to be free in a positive sense.

The desire to be free is an innate human thing, we instinctively know we are not created to be bound and tied down.

Freedom is part of your right and inheritance.

And Jesus Christ paid the highest price for your freedom.

The Shades Of Freedom

 

Freedom has different sides to it.

There is internal freedom and external freedom, there's spiritual freedom, financial freedom, mental freedom, and career freedom.

To be free from the things and issues that have affected your mental dignity is to be free from mental slavery, whether that's wrong philosophies, negative past experiences, indoctrinations, wrong beliefs, or negative mental programing.

The joy of freedom is in having a choice.

Your choice matters and should not be taken away from you, your choice should not be undermined.

Beware of people who undermine your choice or don't respect it.

Even God respects your choice, your decision.

God gives you the right to choose, this is freedom.

He would have you make choices although He advises you to choose what is right which is life.

The desire to be free is in individuals and in a people, even nations.

When a nation that was once colonized celebrates her independence every year it is actually a celebration of freedom.

The freedom to be self governed, the freedom to practice her own form of government, the freedom for that nation to choose and make her own future.

God would have you free.

There is liberty in God, even in Jesus Christ!

In God's love for us, He has made His anointing available to us through Christ Jesus.

The anointing sets us free. It is a spiritual power for our liberation.

It breaks yokes and lifts burdens off us that we may be free to be who God created us to be.

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Vision & Freedom

 

On the journey to freedom, as you get closer to the light of freedom shining at the distance, things might get tougher.

The departure of the children of Israel from Egypt in the Biblical account from the book of Exodus is a real story of freedom.

Pharaoh did not want the Israelites free because they were useful to him as slaves.

The enemy and your enemies don't want you free because they feel its to their benefit if you remain as you are, but they are mistaken; you will not be bound because God doesn't just want you free but He paid the price for your freedom.

The journey to freedom may be tough but I'd like to encourage you not to give up.

It is very likely you have almost reached the light at the end of the dark tunnel, that is why it's getting tougher to continue the journey.

You must continue to seek freedom, you can't give up now.

You've come too far from where you started from.

There's no going back, there's no looking back, there's no giving up now.

Pharaoh couldn't stop the children of Israel from being free for God wanted them free.

The enemy and your enemies cannot stop you from being free for God wants you free.

Pharaoh is symbolic of Satan in the book of Exodus account.

Moses is symbolic of Jesus Christ in that true life story.

Moses shows up in Egypt which is Pharaoh's territory to ensure the children of Israel get their freedom.

Jesus Christ showed up from heaven in this earthly plane to ensure we are free from the enemy's grip.

As Moses showed up for the Israelites freedom, Pharaoh increased their workload and punished them the more.

When deliverance is near challenges increase.

The attacks against you may have increased, it's a distraction.

Strange warfare may have risen up from strange quarters against you, it's a tactic to make you give up.

Maintain your focus.

Look ahead.

The future is bright.

Can't you see it?

See your freedom, see your future.

That's where you should be, that's where you will get to.

Keep walking, keep running, keep taking steps.

Keep moving, keep going.

You will get there.

With each day, hour, minute, and second that goes by you are getting closer to your future, your freedom.

May God direct, order, lead, and guide your steps.

You can and must make it!

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Wings Of Light

 

A new ability is coming to the sons and daughters of God at this time, for our God is a God of the new.

A new grace our heavenly Father is releasing to His body, for in this grace dispensation God is empowering anew.

The grace to take new territories and operate in new heights, for this glorifies God our Father.

God wants to grant us wings, even wings of light by His grace.

Our heavenly Father will have us soar to new heights as He gives us wings to take flight!

They that wait upon the Lord through Jesus Christ shall renew their strength

This is the time to wait upon God that we may rise.

This is the time to wait upon the Lord that we may walk and not faint.

This is the time to wait upon the Lord that we may run.

This is the time to wait upon the Lord that we may take flight.

This is the time to wait upon the Lord that we may be graced to rise to higher heights and experience greater glories.

Wait upon the Lord for counsel, wait upon the Lord.

Wait upon the Lord for wisdom, wait upon the Lord for understanding, wait upon the Lord for knowledge, wait upon the Lord for might!

Wait upon the Lord!

In waiting upon the Lord the fear of God grows, in waiting upon the Lord the Spirit of the Lord comes!

This is grace!

For grace is the God factor in a human life!

As God graces us in this season, may we mount on the wings of the Spirit!

May God grace us with wings, wings to escape the floods of the enemy against our lives.

Wings to escape the snares and fangs of spiritual predators against us.

Wings to defy evil spiritual laws that want to nail us to the ground of failure, emptiness and disappointment.

May God grant us wings.

Wings of light!

Light & Progress

To make progress is to succeed steadily.
In God's Kingdom light is associated with progress.

We are informed in scripture that the path of the righteous is as a shinning light that shines brighter and brighter until the perfect day.

Light represents everything that's good, positive and divine according to scriptures.
When you have enough light in you, you will make steady progress in this dark world.
When there is light, there will be progress.

Light is a carrier of everything we need and Jesus is Light. 

As light is useful physically, it is ALSO useful spiritually. Light is significant and Jesus identified with it. Jesus even called himself THE LIGHT.

It is the will of God that His children make progress in this world the right way.
It's God's will that we make progress that glorifies Him.

Every right thinking person wants to make progress and the desire to progress and succeed was put in us by God.

What is light ? 

It is the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
Light is illumination, brightness, lustre, a glow, a dazzle. 

For example lamps and light bulbs shine light that is electrically powered.

 The sun shines forth light that is used for solar energy. 

Every form of light is generated from a source.

We need light to see, seeing helps us make progress and succeed.

May Jesus Christ be the source of our light!

Everything positive, everything divine, everything good, everything Holy, everything pure, and everything God is represented by light. 

You need 'wings' to get from where you are to where you should be.

Wings give you the ability to fly, move, and rise higher.

Wings represent progress and everything God does He does in light.

Wings get us from where we are to where we should be.

Wings represent transcendence, ascension and higher heights.

We become as people who have 'wings' after God has renewed our strength- for they that God renews their strength shall become as eagles, they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

God gives spiritual wings to His people to get to the place of provision and protection He has prepared for them.

These spiritual wings are wings of light.

May God give us wings of light!

 

The Wings Of Freedom!

 

Birds generally symbolize freedom, transcendence, and the link between the earthly and spiritual realms.

They symbolize freedom because a bird flying in the open is not confined.

At every height and level in the skies above there is more than enough space to fly.

Birds are wonderful and beautiful creations of God.

Even the Spirit's nature is associated with the manner gentle manner of a dove.

Today, the white dove is used as the major representation of God's Spirit.

White doves or release pigeons are associated with peace, purity and love which are divine virtues.

No wonder there's a birdlike dimension to a number of heavenly creatures,- many angels have wings.

God Himself has an eagle dimension and identifies with qualities of the eagle in scripture (books of Deuteronomy, Ezekiel & Revelation).

Jesus is the great Eagle on whose wings He carried the children of Israel.

No wonder the Israelites survived the harsh wilderness and their enemies, while journeying to the promised land.

The glory of birds is in their ability to fly.

Wings make them fly.

The wings of birds is perhaps their most fascinating and unique feature.

Their wings are the reason they can defy gravity and stay in the air for a considerable period of time.

Their wings are the reason they're not limited to the terrestrial.

A dead bird cannot fly.

You are of more value than a bird.

You are alive to enjoy the kind of liberty God gives and Christ paid for.

May your God purchased freedom take on wings and manifest for you!

Bird wings represent freedom.

Money according to the scriptures can take on wings and fly away.

It is living things that can fly, the dead don't fly.

A dead bird cannot fly.

If money can fly away from us, it also means money can fly towards us, or back at us if it has flown away from us.

That suggests to me money is living & money is spiritual.

May your financial freedom take on wings and come to you!

Wings are used for motion, for movement.

Wings represent progress.

The wings of flying birds help keep them alive, they are able to flee from predators.

May you escape every harm and every enemy!

In the book of Revelation we read of a glorious woman who is a "sign"

The enemy tried to destroy her and the child she was to birth.

But she escaped!

God helped her by giving her 'wings' and she flew away to a place of protection and provision prepared for her.

'Wings' help us get to the place God has prepared for us.

May we 'fly' on the wings of the Spirit!

May God keep you alive!

It is the living that can make progress.

May progress take on wings and fly in your direction!

Wings help birds connect the earth and the heavens (skies).

May you be connected to your inheritance, your blessings in the heavenly realms and most importantly God!

May you be connected to Truth,

May destiny, purpose, blessings, grace, progress and righteousness take on wings and fly in your direction!

Be free!

Freedom, Your Right

There is a day called International Human Rights day!

Human rights is basically people's rights to be free, and enjoy freedoms that give them a chance and human dignity.

Whether all countries and people live by human rights laws which all nations should uphold is a different matter.

Whether you're fighting for individual freedoms or freedom on a national scale, freedom is worth fighting for.

A hero of democracy in my home country Nigeria was once quoted to have said "the longer the road to freedom, the sweeter the fruits of victory"

Freedom has a road and path to it.

Freedom is victory.

Freedom is a fruit.

Freedom is sweet.

It is a sweet fruit.

It is the end result or outcome of what has often been a bumpy road, a difficult path to liberation.

Freedom will require a push, it may require a pull, but the key to freedom is to keep going and not give up.

Freedom has a taste, it is sweet to the soul.

You never really value that which is sweet until you've tasted that which is sour or bitter.

Those who have tasted the bitterness of bondage appreciate the sweetness of freedom.

Those who have experienced darkness value light.

Those who have been in the pit will treasure the palace.

Those who have been homeless will appreciate the blessing of a home.

Those who grew up without the comfort of a loving family will treasure the blessing of family life.

Those who have been down will not take for granted the helping hand that's lifted them up.

May the treasures, thrill, sweetness, and beauty of freedom be yours.

Jesus Christ died that you may have and experience them.

Be blessed!

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