He can take your chains

       This story is taken from the lyrics of “Chain Breaker” by Zack Williams.

 

          I was walking down road after road trying to get to somewhere I thought I needed to go. Another dead end, turn around, go back, turn, another dead end, repeat. How many years was it for me? Over 50! But there was always a voice, right there in the back of my head I never listened, why, because the world had all the answers, or did it? NO! It has nothing but lies, lies concocted by Satan. He is the one that entwined me in chain after chain. As my life went on they became heavier and heavier. Much like erosion, that takes away the mountain a little at a time, so too were the chains that Satan secured me with, a little today, a little the next week, it was not really that noticeable. But when life did become too much, and I cried out to Jesus, Satan was right there telling me that I “was not worthy of Jesus, He will not come to you, look at you, you are nothing to Jesus.” So I hung my head in shame and continued on, struggling to carry the chains of pain, sorrow defeat, unworthiness. But the truth is I was worthy. Why? Jesus died for me. I knew that, but again, the world was screaming louder than the voice of my Savior, because of my hardened heart.

          Yes, my life was being lived in the darkness of a sinful life. I knew that Christ was out there but all I could do was grope around feeling for His hand, but because I was in the dark I was unable to see it in order to take hold. The glorious light of Jesus had not made it into my heart yet. So I kept living the life that I knew, sinful or not. But yet there was some yearning in my soul for something more. At time I grew weary trying to find it, I fell many times battering myself up, bleeding over everything that I did. I was fighting constantly to stay on my feet, but tripping over something and falling again. It was beginning to be too much. I was trapped in the prison of my selfish desires.

          Then my world crashed in on itself. I laid at the bottom of a pile of broken dreams and lives. It was then, through the cracks of my brokenness, that the light of Jesus appeared. The pain of constant defeat, heart ache, and self-centeredness was taken from me. The darkness that surrounded me was lifted by the infusion of the light of my Savior, His light of Mercy and Grace. The gates of the internal prison that I was held captive in were opened by the blood of the Lamb. Christ came to take me out of there. He heard my cries for help and knew that it was time, time to show me the way to eternal happiness. He showed me that He did care for me, that all the stories of what He did for me on the cross were more that stories, they were true! He did that for me! He came into my life and broke the chains that had held me tight for all these years.

          So I write these blogs because I truly believe that this is what Christ has wanted me to do for years. But it took going to prison in order that I listen to His voice and follow His commands. To live a life worthy of Him, telling others of His greatness and love and mercy and grace, that await them too! Christ died for you, and for me. The lies of this world are hard to ignore, they make sense to a non-believer. They did to me for so many years. But the fact still remains, that they are lies, lies to make you feel defeated, angry, unworthy of the love that God has for you. So no matter your past. No matter your present. Jesus loves you and desires a relationship with you. I have learned that following Him is not easy, there have been storms and rocky times. And through the infusion of the Holy Spirit in my heart I know without a shadow of a doubt that Jesus has never left me, He has carried me when needed. That’s the good thing about my Savior, He no longer looks at my past but only at my future, the one that He has known about from before I was born.

          He has a plan for you too, one where He leads you to further His kingdom through your lives, lived by being obedient to His calling. Christ is the one who has washed us in His redeeming blood, washing us white as snow. He is not concerned from where we came from, only where He is leading us. If you accept Him as your personal Savior. His death, and ultimate resurrection, has the power, to open your hearts and show you His love for you, to break the chains that hold you bound. The Holy Spirit will give you the faith and knowledge that He has defeated Satan by rising from the grave, so that Satan no longer has a hold over you. By accepting Him, whatever chains that Satan has laid on you, Christ Jesus can break them, forever separating you from them. Giving you freedom and saving you from an eternity separated from Him.

          I had pain, He’s a pain taker. I was lost, He’s a way maker. I needed freedom, and saving, He’s a prison-shaking Savior. I was bound by chains, He’s a chain breaker!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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