It shall come to pass in that day that his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil. Isaiah 10:27.

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of joy above Your fellows. Psalm 45:7.

Today your LORD (יהוה) God says:

Today so many are trapped in addictions, abuse, depression, anxiety, despair, bitterness, and fear. Freedom is what is needed. Speak freedom, speak release. Let the captives free.

The anointing, it lifts the burden and destroys the yoke of slavery. Jesus proclaimed at the beginning of His ministry as Son of Man, “The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, He has anointed Me, to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, to proclaim the favorable year of the LORD.” Luke 4:18-19.

He was anointed to set the captives free. Where My Spirit is there is freedom. There is liberty. Out of the chains that bind so many.

But what is that anointing with which I anointed Jesus to give you good news and set the oppressed free? I tell you that I anointed Him with the oil of joy above all others.

JOY IS WHAT SETS YOU FREE. A joyous person cannot get trapped.

Depression is oppression. It is not a disease, though it is a lack of ease. Job said, “For the fear I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me. I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, and I am not at rest, but turmoil comes.” Job 3:25-26. No joy, so he called in fear and it destroyed him. Have you never read, “Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things; therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and he will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.” Deuteronomy 28:47-48. The devil will put that iron yoke on you but the anointing will destroy it. “It shall come to pass in that day that his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.” Isaiah 10:17. The anointing oil of joy. And in the Hebrew, the anointing here is one of fatness, that is, you grow so strong in joy that you are too big to get the yoke around, you burst it. It is so important that you rejoice in Me always, this is your strength to take down the foe.

Do not get drunk on wine, that is debauchery, but be filled with the Holy Spirit, that is freedom.

How do you get filled with the Holy Spirit? You drink. All you who are thirsty come to Me and drink of the living water, the river of delight that flows from My throne for those in My house. And how do you get filled? Addressing one another in songs, hymns, and singing in the Spirit. Keeping up the melody in your heart. The Song of Songs, our love song. Songs in the night. Rivers of living water flow out of the innermost being of believers so that My glory covers the earth as the waters cover the sea. The water I give you becomes a well within you leaping up to eternal life that will never run dry if you keep drinking. The more you drink, the more it flows into and out of you. Joy does not stay contained, it flows. It bursts through every chain.

JOY IS WHAT SETS YOU FREE. A joyous person cannot get trapped.

Do you remember what I told the Israelites would bring the curse on them and destroy them? Because they did not rejoice in the abundance of good things I gave them. Instead they complained and grumbled and did evil in My sight. Because they did not rejoice in the abundance of all I had done for them, the devil could move in and destroy them. Depression is oppression.

Have you never read that “the joy of the LORD is your strength?” You need strength to be free, to break chains strength is needed. When you are full of joy no chain can get around you. When you are full you do not need to partake of the addictions of the flesh. There is no room for the lusts of the world in one who is overflowing with joy in the Holy Spirit. Righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, that is Kingdom. And when you are established in righteousness, you are far from oppression. There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. You have been made right with My own righteousness.

From the mouths of babes and sucklings, I have fashioned strength to take down the enemy, but when Jesus quoted that Psalm, He did not say “strength,” He said “praise.” Praise gives you joy and joy gives strength. You cannot be praising and be depressed.

Happy the people who know the joyful shout!

Why did the disciples and first believers conquer the world and turn it upside down? Because they had a joy no one could take from them. And you have that joy too. My Son gave it to you. He gave you His joy.

The early believers were persecuted but they could not but be filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

Joy is freedom. It is the strength that takes down the foe.

How do you know that someone is filled with the Holy Spirit? They have joy. Joy unspeakable and filled with glory. According to My riches in Christ Jesus in glory. Joy.

Freedom is joy. Joy is freedom. Jesus gave you His joy, I anointed Him with it, and He poured it in you in the Holy Spirit. And where the Spirit is there is freedom. Joy and freedom go together. When you are filled with joy the evil one cannot tempt you. Nothing can take you down if you are filled with joy and the Holy Spirit. And your High Priest is anointed with joy and it runs down His head to the Body, of which you are all members who believe.

You have joy. Why don’t you enjoy it? Start now. Give the joyful shout. You enter My courts with joyful songs of praise.

I love you. Start using the joy I gave you. It is your strength. It is a much better way to spend your life than being a grumbling complainer. Joy attracts people. If you want friends, give out joy.