Break The Chains; Break The Silence

Alright, so I'll just start this off with saying that I've had these three words running through my head for weeks and I couldn't figure out what the heck they meant, and they wouldn't stop. "Break the silence". I just keep hearing that in my head over and over and I think I've figured out what it is, so now I'll write about it.

    I was talking to someone this morning about how there are always chains trying to hold us down. Bad experiences, fear, doubt.. So many things are trying to keep us from being who we're meant to be. And the closer we get to that, the harder and heavier they become. I mean, lets face it, the enemy doesn't exactly want to let go of us and just let us be who God wants us to, right? That would be really stupid of him. The best part is though, that it really doesn't matter.   We have the choice. No matter what influences there are, we have the final choice. It might not be an easy one, but we do. There are so many things in all of our lives holding us down. A lot of the people I know deal with issues of feeling like they aren't good enough, or they can't do anything right, or that things will just never get better. That's not true if you don't let it be. God lives INSIDE us. Thinking things like that about yourself is almost a form of doubt, really. If you think you'll never be good enough, you're basically thinking that God couldn't lead you into being good enough. That's a thought I've dealt with a lot, and recently I've been coming to realize that it just isn't true. I can be whoever God made me to be. He made ALL of us to be amazing. To do incredible things for Him. And one of the most amazing things is that we choose whether or not things hold us back. We all need help, we all need strength, but that comes from God. He looks at the heaviest load and takes it easily. In Him we have our freedom. Freedom from the burden of sin. Personally, I think that is the best choice anyone could ever make.. To follow God and get set free from everything.

-Jake