Cageless

So many people talk about the way that God made us or the way that God made them. "God made me to do" and then fill that in with whatever each person may say. Much of the things that people say may be true, but I think there is something thats value is not discussed enough. And that is the topic of freedom. Freedom is such a broad word so I want to dive into the heart of what it really means to be a "free" Son of God in todays world. I believe the biggest issue when we talk about freedom is what are we captive to? What are our thoughts captive to? What are our emotions captive to? What are our lives captive to? The biggest problem is that we rarely know that we are captive until we are, or want to be set free. Holy Spirit has been showing me that we are in a season of unveiling. Jesus is so into the business of un-caging. There has been a major un-caging in my life very recently and I have talked to many people who express the same feeling. We are in a season of un-caging. The one thing that I have been noticing though is that through process of un-caging my heart is starting to be captivated by Jesus and His love. I cant help but think about him and talk about him. He is captivating my heart again in this season. And not strictly in a romantic, poetic way. But in a real, tangible, affects every part of my day way. I want to be so captivated by his heart that I can be used easily by him for the un-caging of others. So many people around us, and in our lives are caged and they are held back. And if they are held back then we cannot expect them to live to their full potential. Here is the key though. YOU carry the key to peoples cages. That key is the presence of Jesus. If we truly believed this we would go into situations with such a different outlook. We would stop going into our circumstances with the thought of what can I gain, or what is going to make ME feel better, but we would go into the places of our lives with confidence that God is in the mood to un-cage someone today. We also have to understand that caged people cannot free anyone else. But this is the good news. YOU have to key to un-caging yourself. And this is what it looks like. "Holy Spirit come. Set me free." Its stupid to think that if we ask Holy Spirit to come and set us free that He will resist. Its actually not in His nature. His nature is that He is a good father that longs to give good gifts to his kids. We are in a season of un-caging. That may look like something different for different people but there is one thing that I know. PEOPLE ARE BEING SET FREE.

Romans 8:9 

You however are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you.