The break out

Do you feel trapped?

At work, are you chained to a desk you despise, doing work you dislike, working for a boss who doesn’t care? Likely, the rest of your life is simliarly imprisoned…and you are serving concurrent sentences. If you are unsettled at work, you are probably unsettled outside of work. You may feel trapped in your marriage, in your home, or in your church.

You can’t get out.

Perhaps you have tried to make your escape by quitting your job, looking to break a relationship or shopping for a new church. If you have tried making a change, you probably found yourself right back where you were, serving the same dismal sentence in a new prison cell.

When you think about it, our entire world is a holding cell. Sure, the sky is without ceilings and we can move about the environment freely to do as we please, but that freedom we perceive is only a short-term release.

It doesn’t take us long to be reminded of our ongoing sentence as we engage the fallen world around us and we live among the false gods and idols that enslave our follow man. Decay engulfs every living creature. Addictions track us like wanted men and women. Our relationships are in turmoil.

There is no freedom here.

The reminders weigh us down like iron shackles or a yellow ankle bracelet. Like a clock ticking in an otherwise silent room, they tell us that time is marching, that the permanent sentence will one day be handed down.

But followers of Christ have a commutation, a repreive from our sentence.

“Behold, I have come to give you life — and life abundantly.” Jesus has secured our freedom and allowed us to experience freedom unlike anyone else.

Think about it. Are you really trapped?

Tell us what you think here.