Freedom

What, you mean to be a blogger you have to actually BLOG?! Well, here I am at long last. Have you ever noticed on social media there are trends that sometimes defy explanation? Why, for example, do I see pics of giraffes from so many people who don't even know each other? Sometimes there are ideas or themes that just seem to float in the air like elevator music. At first you don't notice it, then you begin to get annoyed by it until you finally start humming it yourself. Subliminal. That's the word I was searching for.  I think this occurs because we are spiritual beings living in a body. We forget (or don't know) that our spirit is constantly awake, aware of what is going on even when our mind is otherwise engaged. Sometimes these subliminal trends are innocuous, sometimes they are evil and sometimes they are of God.

Lately, the God buzz that I have been hearing everywhere can be summed up in the words of Jennifer Toledo, "[In Christ] You are POWERFUL and you are FREE." Yet freedom is a choice. We are free but we have to choose it. It is already done but we have to walk it out.

The Lord once showed me a picture of this. He spoke into my heart and showed me a woman in a prison cell. The door was open wide, she was free to go. Yet she cowered in the corner and would not leave. It had become familiar to her, almost safe. Everything outside of her prison cell was unknown. So Jesus came and sat with her in her dark little cell. He said He would never leave her nor forsake her. He would wait. When she was ready, He would walk out with her. But he would wait. Now that is true freedom. What a merciful and loving God! How much He loves us. 

Over the years, He has been so faithful to me and so patient with me. I would follow Him anywhere. As long as He is there, it is always the best place to be, even if it is a scary place. In Him there is freedom. In Him there is life, power, love and strength. I don't want to be anywhere else but in Him.