You struggle to be free but you don’t know what you are struggling against. It’s not as it first appears because the enemy is cunning and does his best to hide the truth from you but that is why God says that Truth shall set you free (John 8:31-32). You must recognize and name those chains before you can experience true freedom, cast down the denial and then understand it was your choices that brought you here in the first place.
We are powerless to change on our own but God loves us so much He has promised not to leave us in the mess we’ve made. Change comes and freedom is known when we begin to trust God will do what He has promised and we make the decision to turn from the way that seems right to us. A pastor friend of mine says, “If you take the first step Jesus is faithful to take the rest with you.” And it’s true freedom has been waiting all along but we must take the first step, as much as God loves us he’s not going to do it for us. Just like a child who doesn’t want to take out the garbage, the good parent won’t do it for the child because the parent wants the child to learn something and so it is with God and us. Freedom is waiting but the choice is yours, if nothing changes, nothing changes.
