Organic Church – Holy Triage

Faith in illusions is a bondage. I see people in chains every single day. Even somedays I find myself in chains. One way anxiety comes into existance is when we have more fear of our weaknesses then we have faith in God. The real Gospel is just as much about freedom then it is about grace. Jesus said it Himself… He said He came to set the captives free. Every single day I see people in chains and sometimes it is me. Jesus already paid the price for our freedom and so freedom is just a matter of choice. Freedom is not always an easy choice and therefore many choose captivity over freedom. People may seem happy in prison, but they are still captive. In prison you can still eat, sleep and communicate. In prison you can even have good days, but you are still in prison. Here is a reality that can free you from bondage. We are all in a prison and not only are we in prison, but we all are on death row.

 Freedom and intimacy go hand and hand. When we are not free our relationships suffer horrible consequences. A person cannot be intimate with God or anyone until they are free. The gates of hell shall not prevail. Paul called himself a bond slave. A bond slave was a slave that was set free, but then chose to willfully serve his master for life. Freedom first then true service is next. Some people seem free, but there is obligation at the core of everything they do. If our actions don’t come out of our hearts or they are not founded upon love then we are not free. If your faith is placed in an illusion you have no free will because the illusion is your master.

Our faith is often placed in illusions. In life there is one true reality and that is love. A person cannot be intimate with God or anyone until they have faith in that someone. Our goal should be to tear down the things that compete against reality in peoples’ lives. Today we may find out the things we held so dear were actually holding us. Today the true foundation of our lives may be proven weak as it starts to crumble. Today we may find out who really is free in Christ vs who was putting on a good show when their false foundations seemed strong. Trials bring awareness of our weaknesses and sometimes simple awareness is the solution. Humility combined with trials will bring us precious lessons. Lessons are the realization of where we fall in the scale of illusion and reality. We live in a constant battle between who we think we are verses who we actually are as a person. Our faith is always on either a reality or an illusion.