Freedom Reigns In This Place
At church Saturday night, during praise and worship, we sang Freedom Reigns, a Jason Upton song. When I heard the line “Freedom reigns in this place,” the Lord showed me what this means. ‘This place’ refers to our bodies and more importantly , our minds. It’s not a church or a house or any building we meet in. This place where freedom reigns is you and me, it’s all who are saved by the grace of God and covered by the Blood of Yeshua. This freedom comes from Yeshua, meaning Yeshua reigns in us. We are the dwelling place of God in the spirit through His Son, Yeshua.
Eph 2:22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. ESV
We are to have the mind of the Messiah, no longer allowing evil thoughts. When an evil thought comes to mind, stop it, rebuke it, take it captive to the obedience of the Messiah. We are to think or allow in our mind, only good thoughts.
Phil 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report; if there be any virtue, and praise, think on these things. KJV paraphrased
We are free, we may still make mistakes, but we are free. When Yeshua went to the cross and took our sins upon Himself, He bought our freedom. When He was beaten and tortured and crucified in place of us, He bought our freedom. He was and is our Scapegoat, He took our punishment. We need to learn to walk in this freedom. The enemy only has power over us when we allow it, so stop allowing it.
The Name of Yeshua or Jesus is above every other name. The Owner of that Name is within us through the Holy Spirit, we must learn to love Him like He loves us.
John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. ESV
Yeshua loved us this much, He layed His Life down for us when He was crucified. How much do we love Him. All He asked from us, is to deny ourselves, pick up our cross, and follow Him. When we learn to walk in the freedom He bought us, we will do this.
I hope someone gets a revelation from this. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Click the link below or go to the address to hear Jason Upton sing Freedom Reigns on YouTube . I've typed the lyrics are below the link.
God Bless
Jason Upton – Freedom Reigns
Where the spirit of the Lord is
There is freedom
Where the spirit of the Lord is
There is freedom
If you're tired and you are thirsty
There is freedom
If you're tired and you are thirsty
There is freedom
Freedom reigns in this place
Showers
of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Jesus reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Freedom reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Jesus reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Freedom reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Jesus reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Where the spirit of the Lord is
There is freedom
Where the spirit of the Lord is
There is freedom
We lift our eyes to Jesus
There is freedom
We lift our eyes to Jesus
There is freedom
Freedom reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Jesus reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Whatever you're burdened with tonight
Whatever you struggle with tonight
There is Freedom
There is freedom
Nobody is looking at you tonight
Nobody is looking at you tonight
The eyes of the Lord is moving to and fro throughout the Earth
Seeking an heart that's completely his
Jesus you reign in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Freedom reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
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June 16th, 2009 - 21:08
Freedom?
To be Truly free:
The “I” Must Die!
In as much as i can ’see’,
That which is of the ‘I’ in me,
So it is i yearn, and to Our Father cry,
For deliverance from all that is of the ‘I’.
The ‘I’, born of “imag”ination and selfish desire,
As lust, greed, and pride, stoked a consuming fire ;-(
A fire burning out of control, as ‘I’ leads the way,
It’s smoke concealing the fleshly mind that leads one astray ;-(
Yet even in the smoke, searing heat, and blindness of ’sight’,
Truth can pierce the blackness of darkness, revealing “The Light”!
And nothing can hide from “The Light”, so “Light” reveals the “I”,
Allowing one to “see” clearly, and clearly the “I” must die!
But to live, yet die, seems an impossible task,
And so we need of “Our Father”, the impossible to ask.
Help me to “deny myself(die to self)(die to ‘I’)” Father!
And as HE Helps, HE reveals more and more of “The Selfless One”, The One Who leads His Brethren on “The Way to The Truth of The Life”. He Who was, and is The Messiah, The Son of The Only True G-D, Father(Creator) of ALL!
And as The Messiah desired above all else, so also will His Brethren desire above all else, “Father, not my will, But THY Will Be Done”…….
The poem above was begun in Creel, Chih, Mexico in ‘92, a time when i sought to live and experience a simple and spiritual life and it was there that i received and embraced Simplicity. Left Mexico in ‘93, yet returned in ‘04. Then on 1/26/05 the poem was completed, and ‘completion’ is near for each and every one of us. And for “the poor and needy”, thankfully so…….
Translated, “corruptible to incorruptible” indeed and Truth…….
Home at last…….
Forever free from The “I”…….
All Thanks, Praise and Glory Be Unto “Our Father”…….
And while there is breath(spirit) there is hope many will “see”,
“see” The “I” for what it is, and then desire to be set free!
And that Spirit that was in The Messiah shall “set you free, free indeed”!
So, There Is Hope!
And Miracles do happen!
Hope is there would be those who experience The Miracle that is receiving “a love of The Truth” for they will “see” The Light that is The Messiah, they will “see” that The Life is of The Spirit(not seen with the natural eye), and most certainly not of the flesh or fleshly mind(“I”)…….
Peace, in spite of the dis-ease(darkness) that is of this world and it’s systems of religion, for “the WHOLE world is under the control of the evil one”(1Jn5:19) indeed and Truth…….
Truth is never ending…….
(Returned to this place called the u.s. of a. in June of ‘05, yet a return to the simplicity that is rural Mexico would be welcomed, however, i realize that in all things it must be “Father(Creator) not my will, But THY Will Be Done…….)