Are You Contained?

 

“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”

John 8:36 

“The enemy strategizes to contain you so you can’t advance the Kingdom of God on earth.”

Are you ‘contained’?

Does the enemy have you in a box of fear or poverty or pride or any other “lay-away” plan?

Has his containment of you effectively stifled the Kingdom of God flowing through your life?

Have you ever seen the container ships that cross the ocean?

The containers are filled with all kinds of products which are being moved from the country of origin to the destination country.

Imagine arriving dockside in the shipyard but never unloading the containers.

So it is with us if the enemy’s strategy is effective in containing you.

You ‘carry’ light.

You ‘carry’ the Kingdom of God.

Wherever your ‘ship’ goes is the potential for the Kingdom of Light to pierce the Kingdom of darkness.

But if you are ‘contained’ with fear you will not speak to that coworker who desperately needs to hear of that hope that is in you.

If you are ‘contained’ by poverty you will not believe God is able to bless you in order to give to His Kingdom work.

If you are ‘contained’ by pride God resists you rather than working through you.

Who gets the glory in that?  

God spoke to our Pastor this word of ‘containment’ some time ago.

It was in order to see His people set free.

So, are you ‘set free’ or ‘contained’?