“I’M A FREEDOM FIGHTER!”
Many times when asked to sum up my calling and gifting I’ll say:
“I’M A FREEDOM FIGHTER!”
My personal freedom fighter story goes back multiple generations. I’ve come to believe in “the synergy of the ages” (Quote from Dutch Sheets in his “An Appeal to Heaven” book). What our forefathers believed and prayed for can intersect our lives with Heaven waiting for the exact right timing to invade Earth. We can become the answer to prayers they were “appealing to Heaven” about centuries ago. Along with blessings, it’s possible to carry generational strongholds and mindsets that need God’s intervention. My journey reflects both divine tensions.
In the last several years, I’ve become aware through family research that my father’s ancestors came to the “New World” in the early 1630s. Many came as pilgrims seeking a better life and religious freedom. They were brave, hard-working, patriotic men and women. Many were being persecuted for their faith. Most were northern European Protestants, carrying the family name of Witbeck, named after the village they lived in (located in the present-day Holstein region of Northern Germany).
I’m proud to say my ancestors were willing to lay their lives down for the cause of freedom. They longed to worship God without the political and religious rules and regulations of Europe. Being true forerunners and trailblazers, they risked everything to cross the Atlantic to the unchartered land of the Americas.
Many accounts of heroism and bravery were woven into the stories of my Father’s bloodline. They were sturdy, resourceful, and willing to become true “freedom fighters” in this new land. All records show my family fought bravely for the cause of freedom in every major war on American soil for over three centuries. From sea to shining sea, they took up arms for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
During the Revolutionary War, they fought against tyranny from Great Britain. In the Civil War, the fight was against human slavery. Numerous members of my family fought in both World Wars of the 1900s. To help maintain world freedom, my father served in The Battle of the Bulge, receiving a medal of honor and surviving some of the bloodiest battles fought in WW2.
Through researching my heritage, I began connecting parallels with my own life. It was easy to see where my calling and desire to be a “freedom fighter” intersected with my forefathers. It’s true. I haven’t fought flesh and blood wars on battlefields as they had. However, God has called me to fight for the release of people held in many forms of spiritual captivity and slavery.
Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of seeing hundreds of people released from many bondages, addictions, and even the slavery of prostitution and human trafficking. It’s been amazing to witness chains falling off as captives are set free. He has given me Isaiah 61:1 as my inheritance word. It was also the Mission Statement of Jesus:
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord anointed me to bring good news to the humble; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, release captives…”
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