CHAINS WERE BROKEN OFF ME

Since the beginning of this trip, my relationship with the Lord has changed dramatically. I spend time with Him now, I read His Truth, and can hear Him speak to me. Things I never really did before the trip and was playing my Lukewarm Christian card with Him. Saying I was a follower but then living the sins that had a foothold on my life since my childhood. I never really gave those struggles to the Lord because I thought He couldn’t redeem or heal me of it. I was putting my identity in relationships and never my identity in the Lord in High school. The devil fed me lies in my head for 15 years, “you’re too far gone, you’ve done too much bad, and why stop doing the things that give you instant gratification. God doesn’t love you anymore after all of what you’ve done”. But, man was the devil so wrong. 

I’VE BEEN HEALED IN JESUS NAME by a sin that has had chains on me since being a kid. Those chains broke in Jaco, Costa Rica on February 28th. My squad and I were worshiping on the beach. The Lord told me to pick up a rock in the sand and go stand in front of the ocean. So, I did. He then proceeded to tell me, “Let it go, give it to me”. I was terrified, I stood there, facing the ocean for a half hour. Not letting go of that stupid rock that had been with me since the age of 4. The devil came pouring into my head more lies, “You don’t really want to give this to the Lord, do you?” I asked the Lord to shut up the devil and give me strength to give Him this stone. He did, I took the rock and chucked it into the ocean. CHAINS BROKE! My body became so light, the physical weight was off of me. I wept for another half hour with God. Giving Him praise for taking that sin away from me and giving me strength to do it. Knowing that as soon as I threw that little rock in the vast ocean, His love washed over me like the waves. That sin that made me feel worthless and alone, was so tiny compared to the grace and mercy God has for us. The devil was pissed, to say the least. I’m no longer a captive, I’ve been set free. 

Don’t believe in the lies the devil is telling you. Give the Lord your pain. In  Matthew 11:28-30, Jesus says, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” He wants you to not have the weight on you, give it to Him because Jesus paid the price! You don’t have to sit there and listen to the devil anymore! Literally, tell the devil to SHUT UP! So when the Lord DOES heal and redeem, praise Him for it!