Delivered

# 134 – Today's Du-votional comes from 1Sa 10:17,18, “Then Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah, 18 and said to the children of Israel, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all kingdoms and from those who oppressed you.'” (1 Sam 10:17,18) Samuel begins his address with a stern reminder to the people of their past deliverance from captivity and bondage. Who delivered them from Pharaoh? Who delivered them from all the other kingdoms that sought to war against them and enslave them? It was God Almighty. This deliverance was a picture for us of the deliverance that would come through Jesus Christ. We read about it in Lu 4:18, when Jesus said, "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; 19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD." 20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing." This is vital information for you and I. Before we received Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we were under the heavy hand of the devil. (Pharaoh if you will) We were oppressed by the devil and his demons (kingdoms if you will) Sin ruled in our lives. But God in His grace came to us with the gift of faith in Jesus and set us free. Oh the devil and his demons may rant and rave and accuse you and I. They will still try to make our lives miserable, but as we daily come to Jesus, He assures us of His victory and helps us to start each day remembering that He who is in me is greater than he who is in the world! Father thank You for setting us free, and help us to win our battles with the enemy today.