Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Caged vs Uncaged, part 2

Breaking out of the cages that hold us down in life takes spiritual momentum. We must learn that the very things that are meant ti hold us back can actually be the catalyst to move us forward.

My devotional comes from Bill Hybel’s Holy Discontent:

“This (positive) energy causes you to act on the dissatisfactions that’s been brewing deep within your soul and compels you to say yes to joining forces with God so that the darkness and depravity around you gets pushed back. This supernatural energy allow you to move forward past all the natural human-nature responses and enter instead into a life viewed from God’s point of view.

In other words, your perspective shifts from that which your eyes can see to that which God tells you is true. And it is this reality that what is enslaved can still be set free, what is broken can still be mended, what is diseased can still be restored, what is hated can still be loved, what is dirty can still be made clean, and what is wrong can still be made right.” (bold words are my emphasis)

WOW!

In a nutshell, this means that God will take
our sin,
pain,
suffering,
frustrations
and dissatisfactions in life
and turn them into a powerful force to be used to expand our life and God’s kingdom!