READ: MARK
5:25-34
We are
using the word ‘freedom’ without thinking of the connotative meaning of it.
What do you understand by the word ‘free’? God has freely given us many things.
The most essential commodity, the air that we breathe, is free. Thank God for
this. The sun and the rain are free. In Matthew 5:45, the Bible says: “That
you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the
evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”
Our daily bread is also free. You may not believe this. In the prayer that
Jesus taught His disciples, the bread we are to ask for is our own (Luke 11:3).
Gifts from God are free. Jesus Christ is free. In John 3:16, the Bible tells us
that God gave us His only begotten Son. He did not loan Him to us. Salvation is
free. The blood that cleanses from all sins is free. The Holy Spirit is free.
In John 14:16, Jesus Christ said: “And I will pray the Father, and He will give
you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.” Divine healing
is also free. All the major blessings of god are free. The only thing He wants
in return is praise. If only you know how to praise God, you can get anything
from Him. If you thank Him for what He had done in the past, He will do more.
Many of those who got miracles from Jesus Christ had one thing in common: they
knew how to worship Him. They included the leper, in Matthew 8:1-3; the woman
with the issue of blood, in Mark 5:25-34; Jairus, in Mark 5:22-24 and the woman
whose daughter was tormented by demons, in Matthew 15:22-28. The greatest
example is in Mark 5:1-13, the story of a mad man with more than a thousand
demons in him. He had enough sense in him to know that he had to worship God.
God is a Spirit and those who will worship Him must do so in spirit and in
truth. Until you become born-again, you are flesh. Jesus Christ said He that is
born of the flesh is flesh. When you are born of the Spirit, you are spirit. If
you are born-again, you will worship God acceptably. As we celebrate freedom
have you reflected on what God has freely given us?
MEMORIZE:
PSALM 105:1 –OH, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; make known His
deeds among the peoples.
