It’s A New Season
[My] soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken, and [I] have escaped (Psalm 124:7).
There is a cry from the darkness of a swollen soul that emits no audible note, just groans too deep for utterance. Eyes close from seeing light as you’re trapped in secret pain, trapped inside the thunder of another unaware of your soul’s imprisonment. That is how unforgiveness operates: it locks the offender in a cold cistern and throws away the key, the trap ensnaring its prey for as long as it wants.
Out of the depths I have
cried to You, O Lord.;
Lord, hear my voice!
Let Your ears be attentive
To the voice of my
supplications.
(Psalm 130:1-2)
Folks who can’t forgive an offense usually lock their offender deep inside their grudge in the center of their heart; and throw away the key to their love, their mercy, their affection. You may be unaware that your soul can be entrapped, ensnared this way because it wasn’t you who put yourself there. This time, forces of perdition, outside of you, are at work feeding off your enslavement, mocking at your struggling to break free, and satisfied that you have no clue of the way out.
There is no way to imagine how a person could bear a grudge or harbor jealousies and animosities (evil imaginations) against one who cannot. A born-again Christian is filled with God’s Holy Spirit which carries an enormous amount of trust in the goodness of a neighbor or relative or friend. He chooses to believe in everything ‘good’ about a person and can hardly reflect on another’s weakness, or ugly spot; and is stunned by the ability of others to do so to them.
Forgive.
When your soul is entrapped in someone else’s stronghold, and Jesus comes in with the key to unlock it and set you free, it is because of the sound of your cry. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” (Read Mark 10:46-52).
Why did they warn blind Bartimaeus to keep quiet? Wallowing in misery and self-pity is where Satan wants to keep you. But like Bartimaeus, when you fully comprehend who Jesus is, CRY OUT FOR JESUS! Unseen principalities of darkness hover the souls of men unceasingly in the power struggle to capture your soul’s eternal destination. CRY OUT FOR JESUS! Bartimaeus prayer was simple and sincere: have mercy on me!
For with the Lord there is mercy (Psalm 130:7). He requires no payment, no libations, no works, no bribery or manipulations to set your soul free from the snare of the fowler. All that is required is your humble submission to His awesome power and the boldness to run into His merciful arms with a cry: “Abba, Father, have mercy on me!” By his great cry, Bartimaeus connected with the power of Jesus, Son of David: So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called (Mark 10:49).
You, son or daughter of God, have been given the channel, the way out of every adversity, every wicked plan or devilish snare to your soul. Do you not see it? Bartimaeus, blind as he was, could see his way out of the snare: “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road (Mark 10:52).
We
must walk in power by faith and not by sight. The “sight” of man imagines the worse, but
faith in Christ raises us above carnal impossibilities; and frees us through
broken snares to soar higher and higher in the Spirit, like an eagle in the
altitudes where his enemies cannot reach him.
That’s how it is in the spiritual realm where your soul thrives. Once set free by Christ, you are free indeed
to follow Him along the road called life.
You must carry the power of the resurrected Christ in you to be able to
see the traps set before you and to overcome ensnarement of your soul.
Discern.
There is nothing more precious than the condition of your soul. Jesus died for your soul, not your body. While on earth, the body is your soul’s temple—fill your temple with the Holy Spirit of God our Father, and Christ His Son (1 Corinthians 3:16). Once filled, you’ve got Jesus’ power to trample on every power of evil; and nothing shall by any means hurt you . . . ever again (Luke 10:19).
Follow Jesus.
New Season1
A fresh anointing is flowing my way
It’s a season of power and prosperity
It’s a new season coming to me.
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1. “New Season” lyrics
by Israel Houghton, 2001.
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