“[The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love” (Col. 1:13 AMP)
We’ve been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of His dear Son. The kingdom of darkness is the kingdom of Satan. When we were delivered from the kingdom of darkness, we were delivered from the rule and authority of that king and everything that is a part of his evil kingdom.
That means we’ve been delivered from spiritual death, sickness, disease, bad habits, oppression and poverty. We’ve been delivered! We don’t have to wait for God to do it; it has already been done. We just need to receive and walk in our deliverance.
If I were out in the middle of a lake drowning and my father threw me a big inner tube to hang on to, I’d grab hold of it! I wouldn’t say, “Well, I just don’t know if I can take that. You know, I’m the one who fell in the lake, and I probably deserve to be out here. I’d better just see if I can make it through.” If I said that, my father would probably get a little perturbed at me!
I can’t imagine what God must think when we do the same thing spiritually. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of His Son. Yet we sit around nursing our symptoms and say, “Well, I don’t know if God wants me healed. He may want me to learn something from this sickness.”
No, He’s thrown us a life raft! He wants us to climb out of that sickness and disease and just float on in to safety and health!
I’ve been delivered from the dominion of darkness!
I’m under Jesus’ authority now. I don’t have to be
sick anymore. Healing and health are mine! I walk in
freedom, safety and health because
I’m in God’s kingdom!
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
For over 40 years, Pastors Mark and Janet Brazee have traveled throughout the world sharing the Word of God and the Spirit of God. Together they've shared the powerful truths of faith and healing in more than 50 nations.
Today Mark and Janet pastor World Outreach Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they base their ongoing outreach to the world. The Brazees still travel as the Lord leads, and they are raising up a congregation who share their passion to reach Tulsa and the world.