Oh, that I had wings like a dove! For then I would fly away and be at rest. Indeed I would wander far off Psalm 55:6.
Ever feel the need to breakout, but there are many urgent and needful occupations taking all our time? Psalm 55:6 speaks our heart.
“As for me, I will call upon God, And the LORD will save me. Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice.” Psalm 55: 16, 17.
We fight for solutions.
Jesus hears. The Bible promises this. And Jesus prays for those who put their trust in Him.
I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world; but for those You have given Me, for they belong to You John 17:9.
All Mine are Yours, and all that are Yours belong to Me; and I am glorified in (through) them…And [now] I am no more in the world, but these are in the world and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep in Your name [in the knowledge of Yourself] them whom You have given Me, that they may be one, as We [are one] (John 17:10,11, Amplified).
Moments of discouragement come when tired and overwhelmed, and our thoughts tempt us to give up. We say things like,
“The prison bars will never open, I can’t be free.” And that is true if it has to do with me, but God . . .
For with God nothing will be impossible Luke 1:37.
With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26.
God is faithful to direct our steps, to give us grace through our work.
The question is, Do I want to be free in my heart? Am I willing to let go, “like a bird from prison bars have flown?”
God wants me to trust Him. To live by faith today and fly.
Jesus’s love never fails—He came through, He’s got the key to the prison.
His word speaks. Are we listening?
“I appeal to you . . . I beg of you in view of all My mercies,
decide today.
Present all you are . . . as a living sacrifice.
Be devoted.
Be set apart.
Be well pleasing to Me.
Don’t worry about fitting into this world.
Be changed.
Be set free from the bondage that this world puts you in.
Change your mind.
Get new ideas.
Put on a new attitude.
Your life will prove what is good and acceptable and perfect in the will of God.
(Paraphrased Roman 12:1,2).
Response?
“I will hear. I will receive. I will yield to Jesus with a thankful heart.”
He will be faithful to help each of us be set free in heart, to sing again.
Some bright morning when this life is over, I’ll fly away
To a land on God’s celestial shore, I’ll fly away
When the shadows of this life have gone, I’ll fly away
Like a bird from these prison walls I’ll fly, I’ll fly away
I’ll fly away, oh glory, I’ll fly away
When I die, hallelujah by and by, I’ll fly away
Just a few more weary days and then, I’ll fly away
To a land where joy will never end, I’ll fly away
I’ll fly away, oh glory, I’ll fly away
When I die, hallellujah by and by, I’ll fly away.
I’ll Fly Away, Albert E. Brumley in 1929
Reblogged this on Toni Rypkema and commented:
“Like a bird from prison bars have flown, I’ll fly away!” “I’m trading my sorrow, I’m trading my shame, I’m laying them down, for the joy of the Lord…”