When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. But He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. Revelation 1:17-19
Jesus holds ALL the keys!!! In Him is COMPLETE freedom! This revelation is often a progressive one within us. Slowly as we face the trials and tribulations of this world and life, we begin to experience His freedom as we pass through those times all the while holding His hand guided by the Holy Spirit. But freedom to be truly realized one must experience first the captivity and realize they are still in prison. So many think that they have been freed from their prison cells all the while still sitting in that very same cell with the chains lying around them with the cell door wide open, not realizing that they need to exit that cell and breathe and experience the freedom He has paid for so dearly for each of them. So many of us have believed the liar and all the statements he has spoken over our lives. We’ve adopted the enemy’s view of ourselves. We’re still trapped by the life we only know, sitting in that cell. Even though Jesus has done the complete work, many can’t come to leave the cell because of fear. They believe the enemy’s narrative and story, rather than the fantastic Truth told to us by Jesus of His Home and Kingdom He has been preparing for us. And that we WILL be with Him forever!
Those who have left the cell often come back to those still sitting in the prison, beckoning those deluded souls to join them in freedom, and to walk out of the prison into LIFE with the Holy Spirit. Many still sitting in the cell shout at those who have come to lead them out. Many try to keep others from leaving the prison, saying “They are NOT from God! Don’t believe them! They want you dead!” So many stay sitting in prison never experiencing the freedom their Lord Jesus wants so badly for them. So many can’t leave the life they’ve always known.
Are you ready to walk out of your prison into true freedom holding His beckoning hand? Are you ready to listen to the Holy Spirit as He leads you on adventures that require you to trust Him like never before? If you are willing to go with Him, He will lead you, teach you, and show you things you could have never imagined. He will have you meet His friends by His divine connection. You will find a family that you never had but always deeply desired.
All these things I speak to those who already have realized Who actually Jesus is, but have yet to leave the prison of their lives. I beckon you to step into His LIFE, being filled, immersed, and baptized with the power and fire of the Holy Spirit. Learn to leave your life behind in that prison and step into the freedom of His LIFE.
He must increase, but I must decrease. John 3:30
How exactly does one learn how to take those steps out of that prison and the world they have only known? By deferring and obeying the instructions of that still small Voice of Holy Spirit inside of you.
Ask Jesus to ‘blow’ on you with His Holy Spirit. Do you want to experience the very nature of God within you? That happens through the Holy Spirit. The ‘wind’ of the Holy Spirit moves us like no other thing you have ever encountered. Your spirit was MADE to be entwined with His Holy Spirit. Your soul and body was made to be His temple. And when you choose Him your spirit has NEW life (zoe / God life). And Jesus then will give you (dunimis power) the Holy Spirit to those that ask Him.
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him! Luke 11:13
I and the Father are one. John 10:30
Jesus really holds all the keys. You ARE free! Do you believe it? Are you now willing to exit your prison and begin walking with Him, being led by His Holy Spirit? Do you trust Him?
He is holding out His Hand to you. Will you go with Him?
*Prison doors are heard creaking as they are pushed aside.*
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