In the past several meditations we focused on the help of the Lord, considering both the terms and conditions for it to come through. God’s help is not restricted to an external input being channelled into our affairs, as we shall see today. Before we get any deeper into this let us be informed that the righteous could be in bondage! I know this might stir controversy, but God’s word remains the final authority on all matters. What binds believers is not so much of the power of the devil or any other enemy so called. The bane of many believers is ignorance. This is put clearly in Isaiah 5:13 – “Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst (Isaiah 5:13). For double emphasis Hosea added pep to this when he said, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” (Hosea 4:6).

The first line of deliverance is not to “bind and loose”, it begins with a simple prayer for God to show you what you haven’t seen yet. To be on God’s helpline you need to covet knowledge above everything else.

It is understandable then to note the manner of deliverance as provided in Proverb 11:9. When believers possess relevant and sufficient knowledge in an area of life, they are destined to walk in liberty. It is therefore no less a help when God opens your eyes to see a truth of Scripture or an insight into life that you have never known before. God can start to help you from within, by giving you understanding. As Jesus put it, when you know the truth it sets you at liberty. The first line of deliverance is not to “bind and loose”, it begins with a simple prayer for God to show you what you haven’t seen yet. To be on God’s helpline you need to covet knowledge above everything else.