Bondage

Bondage. We all know it in some form. What area of sin in your life keeps rearing its ugly head? Is it anger? Gossip? Is it worry, anxiety or fear? Gluttony? Pride? How am I doing? Have I stepped on your toes yet? If you are not walking in total freedom, then by definition, you continue to have areas of bondage.
Bondage is not easily thwarted. It is an area of life in which we have yielded ground to the enemy which he continues to have a strangle hold on and will not release without a fight. He is not going to just turn it over to us; we are going to have to reclaim it. That would be a frightening thing if we had to enter battle on our own, but alas, we do not. For truly the battle is the Lord's and He has already won the victory. Satan is a defeated foe. It is by His grace that we will experience the fresh breeze of freedom blowing in our faces. Can you feel it? Stop just a moment and imagine it. New life, a new beginning, freedom. Pure, unadulterated freedom. Yours, without condemnation.

"Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." (John 8:36)

How can this be? How does this happen? How do we go from bondage to freedom? The tentacles of bondage will loose their grip when we discover something more powerful, more delightful, more intriguing to set our affections upon, when we fall in love with something, Someone else As we grow in our understanding, knowledge, love and passion for Jesus Christ, those things which hold us bound will fade in comparison to the all-surpassing greatness of our Lord Jesus Christ.

"The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst." Isaiah 19:1

Egypt is a picture of bondage. The idols, false gods, will not be able to stand in the presence of the One True God. Neither will the idols of our hearts be able to stand in the presence of the Almighty.

Diane Hunt is the Director of Addiction Recovery Ministries