“But I am going to take off your chains and let you go.” (Jeremiah 40:4 NLT)
There’s a little white dog that is often tied out on a stake in my neighbor’s front yard. The dog must have broken out recently, because now she is restrained with a new, bigger chain.
What are the chains that bind you, preventing you from fulfilling your true purpose?
Over the course of my life, I have been imprisoned by chains of fear, self-absorption, pride, disappointment, bitterness, unforgiveness, and the desire for control. Some of these tethers have been loosened a bit, but others have been reinforced with new, heavier chains.
How can we be free from these bindings that hold us back?
Well, the thing about chains is that they are made up of a series of links. Every link has a weak point where it comes together. Pulling apart even one link, any link, is enough to break the chain and set us free. We may have to drag a part of this broken chain along with us for the rest of our lives. This might weigh us down, but we are no longer in bondage.
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