Deliver Me...

We are to be delivered from our sin.

Not that we might live for ourselves, but that we might come into Christ-likeness.

Our goals should be setup with God's.

For if our nature is unchanged then we eventually find ourselves entangled in the same problems that caused our difficulties in the first place.

Although we may not want to hear this, our spiritual hunger simply is not going to cease until our character in Christ Jesus is formed in our hearts.

The Father's goal of deliverance is much more than simply saving us from our burdens or the Devil taken off our backs.

Indeed, the specific purpose towards which God steers away all things in our lives is the conformity to the image of His son.

The Father's purpose of our salvation was that Jesus would become the firstborn of any brethren.

In otherwords, the way to realize God's ultimate victory is to reach towards His ultimate goal, which is complete transformation into the likeness of Christ.

Victory begins with the name of Jesus on our lips.

It is consummated by the nature of Jesus in our heart.