*Application of Luke 13:12* *Application* Today, consider what has kept you "bent over" spiritually. Is it guilt from past mistakes? Fear about the future? The weight of others' expectations? Physical limitations? Relationship struggles? Financial burdens? Whatever has your attention fixed downward, preventing you from standing tall in your identity as a child of the Most High, bring it before the LORD Jesus. Remember that Christ's word of freedom is not dependent on the approval of others or the "appropriate" timing by human standards. His compassion moves Him to act, and His authority makes all things possible. You don't have to earn your freedom—you simply need to receive it.