Let Truth set you Free as you move from Glory to Glory

Many of us are ashamed to speak of our past. We may have repented. We may have asked forgiveness from God but yet we may still be ashamed of it. Then there are those who may have repented to God but yet have NOT repented  or confessed to their spouses, family, friends, neighbors, or their children for the hurt or offenses we may have done to one another. If we are still ashamed of our past then the devil will use it as a foothold and thus we will not be able to use it for God's Glory because we would not have fully surrendered to HIM in that area. How will we use it as a testimony then if we still have such skeletons/issues in our closest? It would prove that we are not yet completely free. Because the Truth is suppose to set us Free. The Truth will set us free when we stop fearing men and our circumstances. Truth will set us free as we surrender all of ourselves including the shameful things of our past at the foot of the Cross.

We need to be walking what we profess to be in Christ. We need to achieve a state of spiritual tone of mind and heart thus having His Glory reflect and rise from us. Sadly, there are too many of us Christians that are living a life of lip service. On Sunday or even on Facebook and the internet, many of us put a game face on of trying to be spiritual or a true Christian. But yet, God's power and Glory is but very dim in their lives. Many of them have not given full authority of their lives over to JESUS. They have only given partial surrender. God requires FULL Surrender and Full Obedience. Partial surrender or obedience at the end will lead to rejection by God as King Saul had proved in his tenure as king.

We need to stop hiding like Adam and Eve did when they had first sinned. We must come and step into His Light and be exposed. We must let His Blood cleanse us as we humbly come before HIM and confess our sins. We must confess the wrongs we may have committed to our spouses, friends, family, or children. There are many spouses who think they are free because they may have repented to God but yet they still hold an ugly part in their hearts as they have not confessed to their spouses for the wrongs done in dark to the other half because of their shame. However, we need to bring it into the Light. We need to confess them. We need to forgive one another. Those who have been wronged, we need to forgive so that the Power of Love will manifest in our lives through Christ.

James 5:16 Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].

In the above verse, in order to achieve spiritual tone of mind and heart, we must confess to one another of our slips, offenses, sins, etc and secondly, we must pray for one another. Then as we confess and as we pray for one another, we become that righteous man in Christ in which tremendous power can manifest.

There is so much power in forgiving one another and praying for those who may have hurt us. In the book of Job, only after Job had prayed for his friends who had basically condemned him was when Job was restored twice as much. Too many of us pray for ourselves only and not for our enemies or those who may have hurt us. We would have proved that we have died  to ourselves when our prayers are more directed for our enemies and those who have hurt us instead of only praying for our needs and interest for the sake of our comfort.

Job 42:9-10 (AMP) So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; and the Lord accepted [Job's prayer]. 10And the Lord turned the captivity of Job and restored his fortunes, when he prayed for his friends; also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Brethren, let us stop hiding and step into His Light to be completely FREE in HIM. Let nothing keep us in bondage. Confess to one another of your sins and pray for one another so that you may be HEALED AND RESTORED TO A SPIRITUAL TONE OF MIND AND HEART. May you all continue to Grow in His Grace moving from Glory to Glory. May you all fly High with the King of Kings in Freedom.

Fire of God
Steve Yong Kim
March 16, 2012