"The Liberation of God"

"And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind." (Psalms 18:10) And yet, even though He humbled Himself to become as one of us, He still was held in the highest form of human status; being born of a virgin and full of the Spirit; He, having direct communication with the Father, was without any opposition or obstruction as He made His way to the cross. John the Baptist gave testimony of Him, and did say, "I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose". (John 1:26 & 27) If you observe His life as He dwelt here among us, you will see that He never was in a place that was outside of His control, or where He did not choose to be. Even in the areas where He was sought to be taken, if it was not time for Him to be taken, then He slipped away and out of their reach. Given who He was, that being the Captain of our salvation, and how He demonstrated the power of God in relation to the timing of God's work to be done, He showed us the example of the fact that if it is not time to go, then you shall not be gone; plain and simple: if it is not your time to go, then you shall not be taken! That is an important thing to remember; for many times we seem to forget this simple fact, and how it is that God will deliver us from any and every situation; that is, until it is our time to go, and to depart this place and stand in His presence. So, you can see why I might call this liberating; because it is liberating to know how God works in the area of our departure from this earth; and that, if it is not God's desire for us to be taken from this earth, then nothing can take us from this place until it is His time for that to happen: Period! Why is that liberating? some might ask, wondering if it really is so. But liberation is based upon the concept of freedom; freedom being established by God and the right which He gives every man and woman to pursue all that He has given them to stretch forth after; and the only limitation that we have in our pursuit of what we stretch forth after, is that it is our time to depart; at which time, it is far better that we depart, for greater rewards await us there, then we could ever accomplish here, even in a thousand lifetimes! The liberation of God is based upon the fact that we are given so many days, which are determined by God; what that means, is that, if it is God's will for us to stay, then stay we shall; but if it is God's will for us to go, then we shall go. Nothing shall hold us, and nothing shall take us, if it is not God's will for that to happen! This is liberating to us because we know that everything is in God's hand, and that nothing is predicated upon man's will or desire for our life; it is God who chooses when our time has come... "According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you." (Philippians 1:20-24)