Locked Up Liberty
“When you don’t know what to do; you do what you know .” Pastor Jeana Gilligan. Over the unfolding of our lives we have caught and taught life knowledge through the unveiling of our experiences. I challenge us to stop behaving instinctively and, start being intentional. We have to consciously choose the wisdom we have been taught; rather than fall subject to the effortlessly drawing nature of our heart’s desires. Famously stated, it took forty years to get Egypt out of the children of Israel. But, how long did it take Egypt to get into them? Similar to the Israelites; we have more years in bondage than out of bondage. Being a slave is more familiar than walking in liberty. Using unhealthy coping strategies more readily available to provide an appearance of temporary relief opposed to reliance on the Holy Spirit based on our compulsions. We are the sum total of our experiences. Some were deliberately taught to us. We were taught the golden rule, we were taught to