THURSDAY DECEMBER 5
“He
has sent me to proclaim freedom…recovery…release…favor.” Lk 4:18-19 NIV
THE
BARRIERS ARE IN YOUR MIND
Jesus said that He came to bring freedom to those
held captive by destructive habits, to give sight to those who are spiritually
blind, to lift up those who’ve been put down, and to announce that the time of
God’s favor towards us has come. If you look closely at ancient maritime maps,
you will see places which are marked with pictures of dragons. Sailors who
explored the world wouldn’t go there. Were the dragons real? No, but they were
real in the minds of the sailors.
Picture a barracuda in a big tank at SeaWorld in
Florida. A glass barrier divides one half of the tank from the other. Each time
the barracuda tries to swim from one end of the tank to the other, he bumps
into it. And here’s an interesting thing—even when the barriers taken away, the
barracuda still won’t swim beyond it, or reach beyond it. Don’t believe him!
Jesus said Satan is a liar and the father of lies. But a lie is as effective as
the truth if you believe it and act on it. With God there are no limits, just
unlimited power. The Bible is filled with stories of little people, limited
people, lackluster people, and , in some cases, low-life people who penetrated
the barriers beyond which they thought they couldn’t go, and God used them to
do amazing things. And He can do that for you too.
Taken
from the Word for You Today Devotional
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