This Same Jesus

Yesterday, I felt the thought “This Same Jesus” begin to turn over in my spirit.I asked the Lord what He wanted to teach me. I really did not remember the context from which the phrase came. I looked up the phrase and found it in the first chapter of Acts.

Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. Acts 1:11

My first thought was that it is interesting that this occurred after the resurrection, considering we just celebrated Easter. I read Dake’s notes on the passage. He said pretty much that before His ascension into Heaven, Jesus was visible, He had a real body, and that He would come back in the same form in which He left.

While that is all wonderful, and the basis for our Blessed Hope, I was not satisfied. I felt that I was missing something. Then tonight in the altar, I remembered a recent dream and it all came together.

I recently dreamed that my kids and I encountered a woman filled with evil. Protectively, I began to utter the name of Jesus in an effort to protect my children and myself from any effects of evil. However, as I walked and made some distance between her and us, I became convicted. I had something she needed: Jesus. He is the breaker of chains, and she was bound by chains. He could set her free.

In my dream, I turned around and began to call down the alley, “Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! There is power in the name of Jesus! There is power in the name of Jesus to break every chain. Break every chain, in Jesus’ name!” While I was praying outside, someone was praying with her wherever she was. That woman came out a door looking completely different. She was set free.

Tonight, in the altar service, I felt like the Lord was saying, “This same Jesus, whose name you use to protect yourself and your children, came to seek and save that which was lost.” While He wants to protect us, provide for us, counsel us, and be all we need. He came to save, deliver, and heal. People are bound by chains only He can break. It is time for me to let my light shine outward, love people, and lift up Jesus.

Whatever holds you down, there is power in the name of Jesus to break every chain.