The Ultimate Author and Finisher.......Jesus

Hebrew 12:2
Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Jesus....
The author...
The creator of....
The one who defined the boundaries and limits to what faith is and how it is played out in the lives of those who occupy this planet. Faith is not parceled out in dribbles and drabs to those who beg and cry for it. My Bible states that every person is given a measure of faith. Those who have recognized this simple fact, are now followers of Jesus. 

I can't come to God without faith.
I can't ever please God without faith.
Faith is activated and empowered within me through my hearing, according to Romans 10:17.
Hearing the word of God.  Hearing the voice of God. Hearing the invitation of God to quit believing that my salvation is found in the things of this world. Realizing that my salvation exploded on a hill outside the city of Jerusalem over 2000 years ago. It unleashed a crimson flow of blood that has lost neither purpose or power. That flow has moved through the ages claiming lives and changing destinies once defined by the penalty of sin.

Hebrews 2 also lays the title on Jesus as the finisher of our faith.
He finishes a lot of things.
Sin....
Darkness...
Anger...
Bitterness...
Jealousy....
Doubt..
Unbelief....
All of these, no matter how powerful we think they may be, all crumble and fall at the name of Jesus.
When are hearts are turned to hear the voice of God, the things that once held us captive are suddenly no longer as powerful as they once were.

So Jesus is the one who can break whatever chain or shackle is holding us in spiritual bondage.
Jesus breaks the power of the pill, the pipe, the line or the bottle.
Jesus breaks the stranglehold such have over the life of someone who is addicted.
Jesus is the Power greater than ourselves who can restore us to sanity.
Jesus....
Just Jesus....

God on you....
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(I apologize for the commercial at the first of this video. It was the only version of the song that I felt carried the weight of the message that Jesus has already paid the price for our freedom).