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Freed from Our Cage atthew 26:51–75 [God] brought me out into a spacious place. Psalm 18:19 Psalm 18:3–6, 16–19 While out taking walks, writer Martin Laird would often encounter a man with four Kerry Blue Terriers. Three of the dogs ran wild through the open fields, but one stayed near its owner, running in tight circles. When Laird finally stopped and asked about this odd behavior, the owner explained that it was a rescue that had spent most of his life locked in a cage. The terrier continued to run in circles as though contained inside a confined box. The Scriptures reveal that we’re trapped and hopeless unless God rescues us. The psalmist spoke of being afflicted by an enemy, entrapped by “the snares of death” with the “cords of death . . . coiled around” him (Psalm 18:4–5). Enclosed and shackled, he cried to God for help (v. 6). And with thundering power, He “reached down . . . and took hold” of him (v. 16). God can do the same for us. He can break the chains and release us from our confining cages. He can set us free and carry us “out into a spacious place” (v. 19). How sad it is, then, when we keep running in small circles, as if we’re still confined in our old prisons. In His strength, may we no longer be bound by fear, shame, or oppression. God has rescued us from those cages of death. We can run free. Reflect & Pray What are the cages that have you confined? How are you living as though an old cage still traps and holds you? God, You say You set the captives free. Help me to believe it. Help me to live it. I want to be free. I want to be in Your spacious place. 
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I think everyone, well I know that I do, have cages of fear in certain areas of their lives. I won't discuss mine here, but I know God has set me free, but I keep returning to that cage, just like the dog in the story. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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2/13/2020 9:28 am |
mrs joe. same here. i think it is called conditional reflex. maybe the security aspect ??? yes i TRUST HIM. yet i seem to wander around at times.
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