A soul tie is a connection between 2 people in the spiritual realm. The bible doesn’t use the term “soul tie” but it speaks of them when it talks about souls being knit together, becoming one flesh, etc. A few ways that a soul tie can be formed are co-dependency, unhealthy relationships, sexually, abuse, close relationships, and vows, commitments, and agreements (marriage).
One of the ways to break a soul tie is to spiritually break off that tie.
I had never heard of a soul tie until training camp. Even when they were talking about it and creating time and space to break soul ties if you had one, it still never crossed my mind that I had one. The one person that I would have ever even considered to be one, I had already forgiven him and moved on.
The end of Vietnam and this past month of Cambodia, I started realizing that I might actually have a soul tie and needed to spiritually break it so I could walk in the total freedom God had for all of us. One of the nights my last team was at the beach, one of the girls walked me through cutting that tie. It’s just a visual representation of cutting it off and walking away into freedom from being held captive in any way. This process is simple and completely Holy Spirit led, she just helped redirect and pray if I hit a wall of any sort. She had me close my eyes and imagine being in a room with a door on the wall across from me. I was sitting in a chair and right across from me, the person was sitting and then Jesus was standing right next to me. There was a string attached from my heart to the person’s heart. I told him everything I wanted to tell him and spoke out things that he did to me that caused any hurt. I then asked Jesus to cut that string and remove any attachments emotionally, mentally, etc to him. Jesus cut the string and then I ask the person to leave the room. He gets up and walks out leaving just Jesus and I in the room. I then asked Jesus if there was anything he wanted to tell me and he said, “You are loved” and also he said “this is over.” Then Jesus and I walk out the same door together.
Surprisingly, this made me emotional. In some ways, I was frustrated with myself because I felt like I had already forgiven him and moved on several years ago and to have this all come back up and realize I wasn’t completely free from it all, made me feel like I took a few steps back and was defeated. (that was obviously the enemy speaking that lie over me) It amazes me that a single person can have such a grasp on you and you don’t even realize it sometimes. They hold your thoughts captive at times. They somehow still have a hold on your emotions and over all being. How can a person have such power over another individual? I mean, I hardly ever thought of this person, I was never the one to initiate conversation, I thought I had completely forgiven him and moved on, but I knew that deep down I still cared a lot about him and sometimes found myself asking the “what if” questions. The Lord tenderly revealed to me though that there was still an attachment and I needed to cut it.
When you cry, it’s a sign of releasing something within. It’s crazy how it works but I know that the Lord allowed me to walk into freedom that night because of the weight I felt lifted off of me that night when I finished cutting the tie. It was such a freeing feeling. God is slowly breaking down walls in my life that are keeping me from fully experiencing Him. I’m learning how gentle and sweet the Lord really is. He wants to break any chains that the enemy has on us so we can receive all the Lord has for us.
