My Morning with God- Luke 8:26-39

✨ The Chain-Breaking Revolution ✨

From the heart of Catherine Pickett- RN CNC

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There is a passage in Luke 8:26–39 that has been stirring in my spirit ever since Pastor Diggs preached it today at The City Worship Center. It’s the story of the man possessed by a legion of demons—isolated, tormented, naked, and living among the tombs. Nobody could bind him because the real battle was not what people could see.

But as always when Jesus stepped onto the scene things changed!!

One encounter with the Savior changed everything. Chains broke. His mind returned. His identity was restored. His dignity was given back. And here’s the part that always humbles me: after experiencing that kind of freedom, the man begged to stay with Jesus. But Jesus told him, “No—go back home and tell what great things God has done for you.”

He was delivered on assignment.

He was restored with responsibility.

He was freed to become a freedom-carrier.

🔗 My Perspective: Freedom Is Not Just Personal—It’s Missional Bucko 😎😎

When I read that passage, I don’t just see the man in the story. I see me. I see every season where God pulled me out of places that tried to bury me—loss, grief, exhaustion, the aftermath of bad decisions, spiritual warfare, financial pressures, moments where life felt like a battlefield and the enemy wanted me isolated.

But every time God restored me, He didn’t restore me to sit quietly.

He restored me to return to the city—to my people, my circle, my community—and speak of His power.

I don’t have the luxury of being freed and then acting like I don’t see the ones still bound.

God didn’t bring me out to become silent.

He brought me out to start a chain-breaking revolution.

there is another part of this passage of scripture that really caught my attention. When the people saw what Jesus had done, they weren’t rejoicing, they weren’t celebrating ,they were afraid and asked Jesus to leave and he did.

That tells me something we as people can be more comfortable with the familiar bondage then the unfamiliar freedom. Some people fear change more than they fear staying broken.

But hear me clearly change is where growth lives. Change is where healing happens. Change is where God does his best work.

Jesus, like the scripture says he stands at the door and knocks. He will not force himself on you or me. Grace is available. Mercy is available. And Freedom is available. But we must have faith to open the door.

🔥 The Weight of Our Testimony

The man in Luke 8 had no seminary degree. No title. No platform. No mic.

Just a testimony that nobody could argue with.

People knew who he used to be.

And they could see who he became.

Sometimes the greatest evangelism tool is not a sermon—

it’s a changed life that speaks for itself.

Maybe that’s why the enemy fights us so hard…

Because he knows if we ever open our mouths, someone else’s chains might fall off too.

🙌 A Holy Assignment

Every time God frees you—emotionally, spiritually, mentally, financially—He stamps you with the same instruction Jesus gave that delivered man:

“Go tell them.”

Tell them He healed you.

Tell them He restored your mind.

Tell them He carried you when you felt empty.

Tell them He opened doors you didn’t qualify for.

Tell them He held you steady through storms that should’ve taken you out.

Tell them how he supplied your needs when you didn’t know how you were going to feed your children!

Your freedom is someone else’s roadmap.

Your testimony is someone else’s rescue line.

You are not just delivered—you are deployed.

✨ Reflection Prayer

Father, thank You for breaking every chain in my life—those seen and unseen. Thank You for stepping into my storms and speaking peace over the places that tried to destroy me. Today, I accept the assignment attached to my deliverance. Use my story, my scars, my testimony, and my transformation to lead someone else into freedom. Make me a bold witness and a chain-breaker in Your kingdom. As I come before you today, I pray that you create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me . In Jesus’ name, Amen.

💥 Final Word: Join the Revolution

Freedom is not the finish line.

It’s the starting point.

Everywhere you go today—your workplace, your home, the grocery store, your business, your ministry—walk like a chain breaker. Speak like a revolutionary. Love like someone who knows what God has delivered you from.

This is the Chain-Breaking Revolution.

And it starts with you.

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