Real Deliverance!

Deliverance!
I used to hear that a lot when I was a child.
"Liberacion!" the hispanic preacher would shout at the top of his lungs.

It was crazy! Just imagine this... 500 people at church... As soon as the preacher would shout, they would jump like Jordan, and run all over the church. You remember that? I know you do. I remember it being a huge temple.

OH WOW! I got a flashback!
Allow me to share it with you. I am not poking fun... these are just good memories. Hehe.

I remember once when I was a kid, all of my friends used to huddle around the altar (in front of the stage at Church). It would be like 20 of us.
As soon as the music started going, and the ladies would start dancing (in the spirit), my friends would shoot out like rockets and run all over the church...
I was kind of emabarrased (or maybe I was backsliding. Hehe), so I only did it once or twice. I guess I was always scared that I would trip and all my friends would trample me!
Abraham, my brother, did it many times. (He was more spiritual than me. Hehe). You can ask him. He will laugh when he remembers. I'm laughing now. Too funny.

Now that I think about it, I remember one time.
Reminisce with me... 20 kids (ages 9-12), in a huddle jumping to the music. Instead of lifting up thier hands in worship to Jesus, they would get so agitated that they would elbow each other and soon start a fight. Picture all that adrenaline flowing. I know some of those guys came out with black eyes and bruises before the preacher would even start his message. I know this, because many of those were my friends. Hehe.
Ahh! Goodtimes. Goodtimes.

Deliverance has taken a new meaning for me. The excitement of being delivered is just an emotion. You cry... or shout... or maybe you meditate, because you have had the understanding that you can be delivered... You now understand that Jesus can and will deliver you. That is an awesome emotion!
You may show it and express it in different ways.

I believe deliverance does not happen when you get emotional.
Deliverance happens when the flow of blood stops for the lady that had a discharge of blood for 12 years. (Mark 5)
Delieverace happens when the guy at the gate called Beautiful starts to walk (Acts 3)
Deliverance happens when Bartimaeus can now see, knowing that before Jesus came... he was blind. (Mark 10)

Deliverance happens when Jesus has done the work in you.

I leave you with this.
Emotions are OK. It's part of the human being.
But don't get so wrapped up in your mentality as to think that you can force God to deliver you.

You might be very dead, Lazarus, that you do not have emotions to show the people around you. But, I tell you this, Jesus will do a work in you. You will come out hopping out of your grave just because Jesus has to get all the glory.
No emotions. But real deliverace.
That's what I want.
I sometimes get emotional. I sometimes don't.

But I pray that you don't judge me when I don't.
Let Jesus stop the blood from flowing.
Let Jesus heal the lame.
Let Jesus give sight to the blind.
Let Jesus raise from the dead.

Real deliverance.