One of the things I’ve noticed when watching football is that when the tight end goes out to receive a pass, he has to get free.
I have seen people so bound up in the affairs of life, so bottled up in things rather than being where they ought to be, that they could not get in position to receive from God.
I have seen people get tied up with their jobs and never come to church. I have seen people bound up with habits so their faith was blocked to receive from God.
I have seen people so hung up on smoking, for example, that it brought such condemnation to them that they felt they could not receive the Holy Spirit.
When a football player goes out to receive that pass, he has to shake everything off and get out there in the open. He has to get free.
You ask, “How do we get free?”
Just like the tight end, you have to fight to get free. You have to fight the faith fight. “By faith, I’m free of that; by faith, I will do this,” and so forth.
If you let your past keep you bound up so that you cannot move forward, you will never get in position to receive. If you think, “Well, I have always been this way, I guess I always will,” you will never change.
“If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed” (John 8:36).
Allow the Spirit of God to set you free so that you can move on out and get into a position to receive the blessings that God wants you to have, the ultimate of what He would have you do.
You have to get free, free of all the binding forces that come against you. Habits, the past, fears, doubts: shake them all off and get free of them.
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
Buddy Harrison and his wife, Pat, were co-founders of Faith Christian Fellowship International Church. He served as president of the organization from 1978 until he went home to be with the Lord on November 28, 1998.
The Lord instructed Buddy to be a pastor to pastors and Ministers, providing guidance for them in the spiritual and natural realms. FCF International is in relationship with more than 1000 churches and 2000 ministers globally. As the co-founder and chairman of Harrison House Publishers, Buddy obeyed God's vision provide ministers a vehicle by which to put their message in print.
Buddy Harrison successfully incorporated his knowledge and skills of the corporate world with the Lord's calling on his life. As an anointed teacher and astute businessman, he traveled the world sharing these steps to success and favor.
