April 20, 2009
Chains
When cleaning my garage last year I came across an old chain. Chains in some
ways can be a good thing but when they are in our personal lives they are not
such a good thing.
Charles Dickens had it right when he described old Jacob Marley carrying the
chains, forged link by link, through the choices of his lifetime.
We often forge our own chains, our own bondage from the choices we make in life.
The weights grow slowly heavier and heavier until they are more than we can
bear, more than we can carry, so they drag along behind us, wrapping around
other people in our lives.
Our chains tangle with their chains, and we're all soon completely bound.
Fortunately, God understood our dilemma and provided us a means of freedom. We
can't break those hand forged chains by ourselves, but he has cut them for us.
When we're feeling bound up and oppressed, we need to turn to Him for freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 NIV
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where
the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all
reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with
ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Until next time, may you come to truly understand the freedom that is yours in
Christ. The chains of your own making can be broken and all set free!
Your tomorrow is based on the choices you make today! Choose wisely!
Blessings and freedom to you and yours!
Darrel Mason