Breaking Free!

Today I completed my second intense Bible Study by Beth Moore. Both studies have been more of a self discovery of Christ's love than simply a study of the Bible. I guess I'm learning that is actually what the Bible is...an accounting of just how deeply our Lord God loves each and every one of us. Very humbling considering the many things I have done in my life to try and be in control and frankly not need God. With this study, I have learned that many lies have been offered to me by the enemy. I, of course, fell for them hook, line, and sinker. Satan fights dirty and he knows how to hit upon insecurities and weakness to allow for the lies to sink deeper in the form of captivating thoughts. Through this study and reading God's word, I am able to understand this bondage and how it affects my relationship with the Lord. I no longer want to be a prisoner. I want liberty in Christ!

I would like to share a prayer with you that Beth Moore prayed with us today. It is amazing and really captures the beauty of walking with the Lord God Almighty. Please read these words and absorb the impact of the meaning:

A Healing Captive

O, God, Who frees the captive
Do not liberate this carnal slave for freedom's sake
For I will surely wing my flight to another thorny land.
Break, instead, each evil bond
And rub my swollen wrists,
Then take me prisoner to Your will
Enslaved in Your safekeeping.
O, God, Who ushers light into the darkness,
Do not release me to the light
To only see myself.
Cast the light of my liberation upon your face
And be Thou my vision.
Do not hand me over
To the quest of greater knowledge.
Make your Word a lamp unto my feet
And a light unto my path
And lead me to Your dwelling.

O, God, Who lifts the grieving head,
Blow away the ashes
But let Your gentle hand upon my brow
Be my only crown of beauty.
Comfort me so deeply,
My Healer,
That I seek no other comfort.

O, God, Who loves the human soul
Too much to let it go,
So thoroughly impose Yourself
Into the heaps and depths of my life
That nothing remains undisturbed.
Plow this life, Lord,
Until everything You overturn
Becomes fertile soil,
Then plant me, O God
in the vast plain of Your love.
Grow me, strengthen me,
And do not lift Your pressing hand
Until it can boastfully unveil
A display of Your splendor.

In God's liberating name, the way, the truth, and the life... AMEN!