Not What You Thought

The enemy has quite successfully convinced us that the ways of the Lord are chains around us, and bars that imprison.  But if we test them, we find that they are wide tiles that, if we are willing to stand on them become a place of freedom.  As we embrace more and more of the gifts He’s revealed as good, we find we have a whole dance floor on which to live.  There is room to stretch and breathe and live and grow.  The truth that will be discovered is that the dance floor has become a garden. 

In a “me” culture it is difficult to imagine the breadth of life in being in submission to anyone.  The reason it is good is that this Father, Son, and Spirit are all about our well-being and continually working for our good.  The more room we give them, the more freedom and life we will have.  This discipleship life isn’t about becoming a new kind of puppet; it’s an invitation to partnership in His amazing plans for even more life to be released wherever He takes us.