Enjoying Christ as the Jubilee

 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to announce the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away in release those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, the year of jubilee.” Luke 4:18-19

Excerpt from the ministry HWMR Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (1), week 5.

Jubilee means having no worry or anxiety, no concern or care, no lack or shortage, no sickness or calamity, and no problems whatsoever but, rather, having all benefits; hence, all things are pleasant and satisfying to our heart, and we are free from anxiety, at ease, excited, and exultant—Psa.  103:1-5; 116:1-7, 12-13, 17-19.

We need to enjoy Christ as the reality of the freedoms and blessings of the New Testament jubilee— Luke 4:18-19:

In order to enjoy Christ as the reality of the jubilee, we need to spend time with the Lord day by day to listen to His word and be infused with Him; we need to follow the pattern of Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and was listening to His word—10:39:

She was at the feet of the Lord Jesus and not at the feet of anyone else; she was drawing near to the Lord; no method is better than coming to Him moment by moment, loving Him, worshipping Him, unceasingly fellowshipping with Him, and remaining in His presence.

She sat at the feet of the Lord, meaning that she put herself in a humble position in order to receive the Lord as grace (1 Pet. 5:5); humility is not belittling ourselves; humility is ignoring ourselves, negating ourselves, and considering ourselves as nothing.

She was sitting down; quietness before the Lord is often the source of spiritual strength (Isa. 30:15a); man’s eyes and thoughts often are distracted to the outside world; those who are busy with a wandering mind and vacillating thoughts cannot receive revelation easily.

She was listening to the Lord’s word; the words that the Lord speaks are spirit and life (John 6:63) in order to dispense Himself into men; her listening to the Lord’s word afforded the Lord the opportunity to communicate Himself to her so that she would continually receive the Lord and gain Him.  

We must receive the Lord Jesus as the real jubilee in us; if we have Him, we have God as our possession and can be delivered from the bondage of sin and Satan to have real freedom and rest—Acts 26:18; Eph. 1:13-14; Col. 1:12; Matt. 11:28; John 8:32, 36:

The jubilee is an age of ecstasy. The New Testament age is an age of ecstasy, and a Christian is a person in ecstasy. 

I was very much supplied by the ministry speaking to me directly on how practically I can enjoy the Lord Jesus as my jubilee. In the midst of all troubles and trials, when all the happenings around me may not be that enjoyable, but I can be in the reality of jubilee by spending time with the Lord. In fact, these days, I have been spending a lot of time in prayer. At least an hour for personal time with the Lord, another hour for reading His word, another hour for corporate prayer and pursuit of the truth, and yet another time for family prayer and church Life-study pursuit. During these hours there were lots of communication between me and the Lord when I poured out my entire being in prayer to Him. Whatever concerned me, I expressed them to the Lord. Whatever burden the Lord imparted to me, I poured them out to the Lord. In this way, through spending time with the Lord, I could enjoy Christ as my jubilee. The real joy and ecstasy is the presence of the Lord Himslef in every situation. Thank the Lord for prayer that brings my relationship with the Lord real and enjoyable.For this very reason I encouraged all the saints, my family members, and all the young ones to spend time in prayer with the Lord, time and again. 

The real outward situations these days are exact opposite of the truth concerning jubilee. In fact, these are times when the jubiklee should be enjoyed in reality in the midst of all contradicting sitatuioons. In Mary as a pattern, we must quietly sit at the Lord's feet, humbling ourselves, and listening to His word day by day to enjoy the joy of jubilee.

May such a living of jubilee be my daily living all the days of my life.