I would hold onto portions of my life and rationalize " i know best, so here's this portion God but I can't possibly give you the relationship piece I know what I need" funny right I thought I knew best? versus giving it all to Him. Little did I know that God would be showing me His plan for my life and the one key lesson I had to learn was to let go and get out of the captivity I was in, in order for Him to truly set me Free.
I was the worst kind of captive, I was a prisoner unaware. The kind of prisoner that was so vulnerable to anything and everything, and I had no clue. I wasn't free I was in this bondage that I was so blind to. Through this journey I had to learn that it wasn't going to just change overnight I had to put the work in, and I had to also allow God to work in me in order to make me new.
Many of you may be struggling and I do too daily, but I wanted to share this learning I experienced through this book by Beth Moore "Breaking Free".
I love this verse 2 Chronicles 32:17
" In your love you kept me, from the pit of destruction" (v17)
I learned that His love is constant no matter what, we have the tendency to forget what God has done for us. What he brought us out of, when things aren't going our way. We start to complain, and ask why? How can we be so quick to forget all His goodness to us? I struggled with this the most in my journey. I had to learn to become humble and that involves discomfort because I wasn't used to it. I had to learn some hard lessons and also experience failure. Countless times I failed and I knew I had to be set free in order to live life abundantly.
There are 3 key things that Beth Moore talks about in this first lesson:
- He came to set the captive free- no matter what binds them.
- He came to heal the brokenhearted- no matter what has broken your heart.
- He came to open the eyes of the blind- no matter what blinded their eyes.
This is a journey you have to be willing to take, and one that you give complete surrender. I can say that this study "Breaking Free" by Beth Moore has changed my life forever. My prayer is that you too will be encouraged and if you are ready to be set free I pray that you will seek Him with all your heart.
I want to leave you with this verse: " You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and my servant in who I have chose, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am He."
(Isaiah 43:10)
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