His Banner Over Me Is Love

HIS BANNER OVER ME IS LOVE!

 I’m guessing that most everyone now days has heard of this song, but if you haven’t, here are some of the words:

The Lord is mine and I am His,
His banner over me is love…
His banner over me is love!

He brought me to His banqueting table;
His banner over me is love.
His banner over me is love!

He lifted me up into heavenly places;
His banner over me is love.
His banner over me is love!

He is the vine and we are the branches,
His banner over me is love.
His banner over me is love!

Jesus is the rock of my salvation,
His banner over me is love..
His banner over me is love!

There’s one way to peace through the power of the cross,
His banner over me is love,
His banner over me is love!

Those wonderful words came to my mind this weekend as I went through an intensive rehabilitation of the mind and heart! I went through a ministry called “Hosea’s Door” and let me tell you… it rocked my very foundation and my eyes were opened to the things I had allowed in my life that were wrecking my life!! I “knew” everything that was taught. I “knew” everything about spiritual bondage and roots of all the sins and I “knew” how to deal with them! I thought I knew… I WAS WRONG!!! See… I learned that even though I had the knowledge and that I knew how to walk in freedom, I was still in bondage! I was still struggling with these strongholds because I wasn’t walking it out. I wasn’t taking my authority in Christ Jesus and closing the doors that allowed the enemy into my life.

God has given us the keys to our freedom since the moment we accepted Him into our hearts. But if we do not use those keys to unlock the chains and lock the doors, they are worthless! That astounded me!! I “knew” that but I wasn’t walking it out!

During my time at “Hosea’s Door” I learned about certain spiritual roots and way of defeating them and ways they could defeat me! I learned about my identity in Christ and how if I allow satan to steal my identity, he can steal my authority! I learned about strongholds in my life and how bitterness, rejection, and fear can take away the power that God has given me to fight off the enemy. Wow… the only power the enemy has over us is the power we allow him to have… if we open a door, he will rush in!

I had issues in every one of those strongholds… bitterness in where I hadn’t forgiven someone, rejection in a lost marriage and growing up feeling out of place, and fear in things I thought were oka to be afraid! Sometimes the fear in my life was so strong that I would start having an allergy attack whenever I was around certain people! And I was just dealing with it! I allowed these things, these strongholds to control certain parts of my life instead of breaking free!

So what can you do to get free of the bondage from these strongholds? You take every thought captive! You stop the enemy in his tracks by putting on the armor of salvation and you declare that he will no longer take any more ground! You speak the name of Jesus against the things that have held you captive! You are the Temple of God… don’t allow the enemy to take it over!!!

And that is what I want… I want to be free of bitterness, of self destruction, of fear. I want to walk with my heavenly Father and know that He has my hand; that He will lead me where He wants my life to go. I don’t want to walk in fear… I WANNA BE FREE!!!!

So, on the last day at Hosea’s Door, I was taken out into another room that was so beautiful and so lovely that I couldn’t describe it. There were pillars draped in satin and lights. And above me there was a canopy… everywhere I looked, there was beauty! And the Lord, my Father kept whispering my name… kept whispering words of love… kept whispering “My banner over you is Love… My banner over you is Love!” It was an incredible moment in my life! To know that God carries a banner for me. I couldn’t help but weep and just praise His name for His goodness and His love. The Lord, my Beloved, my Bridegroom, is coming back for me… and He will be carrying a banner of Love with my name written on it!!! Ahhh, so amazing… so amazing!!!

“He brought me to the banqueting house, and His banner over me is love”
Song of Solomon 2:4