Written by Donna Mitchell for The Life
“The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the prisoners….”– ISAIAH 61:1
Jesus’ mission is foreshadowed in Isaiah 61:1-3. Jesus came to show the way to true freedom and to be the way to true freedom. He is the Good News. He is the One who binds up our broken hearts. He has the authority to forgive our sins because of His sacrifice on our behalf. He has the power to set us free from the real and imagined prisons that hold us captive. He sets us free — truly! — and He sends us with the same mission: to help people find true freedom.
Jesus, thank you for giving yourself as a sacrifice for our sin. Thank you for the gift of forgiveness and eternal life. Lord, set us free from the things that have mastered us. Be our only Master and set us truly free in you. Amen.
Go Deeper — Read these definitions of “freedom” and ask the Lord to teach you about true freedom. May you walk into a level of freedom that you have never experienced!
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