I Will Break The Bands 01.30.08

"And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked." (Luke 8: 27-33).

It seems that no matter how much faith we have in our Lord there are times when we fall into the clutches of the devil. We can be high on the moutain top, gleaming as we are blessed abunantly and in a matter of seconds we fall and that assurance knowing that God will provide for and protect us gets toppled by negative emotions and insecurities. All it takes is the mere blink of an eye and the devil catches us and tries to bound us with his chains and fetters (shackles), making us lose sight of the Lord.

This happened to me this past weekend, I was having a wonderful week walking with the Lord, He blessed me with extra clients and provided me with things I needed. Then just like that my faith turned to fear and for two days I was abound with worry and confusion. I lost a lot of sleep, had horrible dreams, made myself sick, and had no ambition to do anything.

However, Jesus knew my pain and He knew my faith in Him was just clouded by the devil's thoughts controlling my mind. He drew me close to Him and when I realized that He was still with me. I cried out to Him and He broke the bands and freed me from those chains and shackles.

Life can be so cruel and unbareable at times, I will not even try to understand why things happen or why people do what they do, but I do understand that we have a great and mighty God that will help us through every situation and will break those chains that bind us.

Are you ready to break free from the chains and shackles that the devil caught you with?

Whether it is past or present chains holding you down you can break free. Go to Jesus, cry out to Him and He will break the bands that keep you from the bondage that the devil uses to hold you down.