Deliverance: Cut Off Forever

Well, I’m much better now than before; I don’t need to take medicines soothing me to sleep. Yet there are some nights and days where I need to cut off my thought process, which keeps progressing beyond control. The time will come when I’d be fully delivered.

Doctors and Therapists alike, advised the need and how to cut off the easily forming chain of thinking. It takes me into diverse fields and time spanning to uncertainty. When it takes me into the scripture it’s interesting; I’d better study the verses or at least noted it down for my future study.

Now night after night the urge for me to read the book of Obadiah came as I tried closing my eyes. In an instance, the name “Obadiah” kept ringing in my head. It comes as a surprise as I don’t know what I could’ve gain from the shortest book of the Bible; a vision for the destruction of Edomites and deliverance of Zion.

The name Obadiah means ‘servant of God’, and in other words, ‘worshipper of Yahweh’. And the word of God came to him regarding their mindset during the hardships of the Israelites. As I try to grab the book, although I’m not a theologian, there are certain levels I could get. Well, you can help me get t right after reading through it.

The book speaks of the pride of the descendants of Esau, living in the higher and safe places – safe from enemies. While pride piling up can goes unnoticed, for someone, as; doing well among the siblings, no unlikely intervention or smooth sailing in life, we usually posses pride in achieving any kind of status.

Broadly speaking, the book is a vision revealed to Obadiah regarding his own people. One, it talked about the pride of the settled descendants of Esau, now called Edomites, at the end of the Dead Sea. Two, God is unhappy as they did not help the house of Israelites; they will be cut off forever although they lived on higher places and the deliverance of Mount Zion.

Let us look into the applications of the book in our lives, especially me.

Pride and Its Destruction:

It was nothing to tell but for you to get a better grip of the subject, let me tell you this: Since my childhood, I wanted to be of useful to God but that did not take off as much as I presumed. Patting a bit of myself on my back, I do well in my high school days but with average grade results in my graduation.

It however instills a sense of pride in me, to be true. This pride cannot let the Holy Spirit pierced through me without which I am never ready for Him. Although economically low standard, the pride of my heart had deceived us, as in our heart we live in the cleft of the rocks and make our home on the heights.

This pride and ego, which comes out of nowhere, and better not to acquire becomes my stronghold. Family members had trained me to be useful for God but it never took off as I was like the Edomites who wanted to soar like an eagle and make nest in the stars. In short, it hardened my spirit.

And one slip of feet, just a slip of my feet, is what it makes all the difference. Our allies, our companions whom we dearly valued can become a trap not because they wanted to but because of my own weaknesses.

Don’t Cut Off Forever:

Humility, commitment, surrendering self before Him are the qualities what God had desired. By now, I realized it and was asking for him to fill me. And that I will take part in defending the house of God, or the people of God – the Israelites as mentioned here in the book of Obadiah.

The time has come for me to straighten myself for Him through my experiences. The pain and sufferings must tame my inner being for him. There’s nothing left in me, without him. My defense mechanism had failed and my safe dwellings are nothing before him.

Sufferings and pain – having been through the last gasp of breathe in life is a blessing in disguise. It teaches the heart to be humble even though I could not achieved the kind humility God had desires. But, in the least, it put a seed in my heart, which I’d need to nurture it well.

It is time for me to cut off my pride forever. The Lord warned Edomites cut off forever from their safe dwelling. It’s time to check myself more and more. What my stronghold are nothing before Him, he will cut them off.

Deliverance: Cut Off Sufferings

But on Mount Zion will be deliverance; it will be holy, and Jacob will possess his inheritance. (Verse 17)

We have hope in the Lord that one day our sufferings, in any kind, would be cut off forever. My sufferings will be cut off forever in his grace. Our God wanted His men not to suffer unless there’s a purpose. I have hoped my problems would be cut off forever.

We have been damaged now more than before; yet we have not been ruined. We pray don’t cut us off, as You did on the house of Esau, yet give me another chance. I wanted to be useful for you. Make me a servant of You!

In Christ Jesus, we are delivered from our sins; we can carry His yoke with Him for a lighter way of living. Our sins are cut off forever only His grace!

Deliverance of His Coming Assured:

Pride is sin; hiding it makes it worst. Our obligations towards our fellow believers and dear ones should be dearly taken care off. Unlike Edom, we should be willing to help others in times of need. God remember His people; whatever happened to them.

As assured long time ago, we now have deliverance in the name of Jesus Christ. The day of deliverance from our sin had arrived. The day of our full deliverance, as assured, will surely come.

Except in the name of Jesus Christ, we have nothing to be proud of, and what He has done for us. Christ stays true to His words just as He died and risen again in three days. He will overcome in our behalf should we stay true to Him.

Let me herewith the word of Jesus Christ in John 10:9-11:

“I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”

By His grace we’re not cut off from Him,
Yet cut off forever from our sins in the Cross,
And delivered for eternity in His grace.
Demolish my PrideStore in Your might;
In His grace our relationships restored.