When I left to go on the World Race I had no idea the FREEDOM it would bring.
Sometimes you don’t even know you are trapped until you experience freedom. This is not the platform to go into all the details of my life but the culmination of many years feeling trapped in one capacity or another still echoes in the thoughts of my mind. You see I have lived my life very practically and logically typically not taking risks (or what most people might think of as risks) in order to do the “right” thing in many different situations and circumstances. Often times those very circumstances dictated what choices were to be made and quite frankly led to a lot of victim mentality to which I still battle against each day. In fact, I let a lot of it interfere with the mission at hand this year. Why is it so hard to break free from victim mindset and live out of the freedom circle?
There’s been a good bit of injustice in my life and a lot of overcoming things. Persistence has been a longstanding trait of mine. You see I can easily believe I am an overcomer- more than a conqueror in Christ because I have lived it and witnessed first hand what it means. Yet it is the “I am free in Christ” which has been harder to fully believe. There are so many chains the world throws on us so why do I have to add more? The power of the name of Jesus breaks them all yet I stand still holding onto some I was never meant to hold or pick up. These are the things that don’t make sense to me. However, I think of K who said you can’t fly if things are weighing you down- let go.
Being a part of this Race was a gift from the Father to experience freedom from the things of my life weighing me down. Now that I am home, I find myself in familiar territory with circumstances and it doesn’t look promising from a worldly perspective. One of the things I hope for as I live out whatever plans G-d has for me is to never go back to being trapped or feeling trapped by life’s circumstances by keeping my focus on Him. I may be back in the same “place” again but this time I’m the one who is different and His perspective guides the way providing hope.
Living within you is the Christ who floods you with the expectation of glory! This mystery of Christ, embedded within us, becomes a heavenly treasure chest of hope filled with the riches of glory for his people, and God wants everyone to know it! (Col 1:27, TPT)
