"’Lost and Bound’ looks and feels like ‘Free and Found’ - until it doesn't."
It’s another way of saying that sometimes we act badly because we have become convinced that it’s liberating and natural, but it’s just the opposite.
It reminds me how powerful the lies in my head are. They tell me that indulging will free me from my suffering and that it's just part of who I am. These lies have power because they are partly true. Indulging does free me from my suffering and it is human.
The problem is that it’s only true to a point. Indulging only hides and postpones my suffering and it’s emotionally and spiritually unnatural. Afterward, I don't need anyone to tell me that I'm less ‘Free and Found’. I’m just more ‘Lost and Bound’.
If I'm seeking lasting, soul-lifting, powerful ‘Free and Found’, I’ve learned that I have one place to look: My Jesus. He frees me from suffering. He makes me who I really am.
So, to apply these powerful weapons, I surrender to Jesus. I reconnect with Him, I thank Him, I worship Him, I study Him, and I share Him. This can be hard because I don't want to rely on someone else. I want to do it myself. I want to be independent. It hurts and feels awkward almost every time I surrender to Him. It does, though, get easier and more natural and the rewards leave me rejoicing and hugging and serving and sharing.
Fighting Satan requires a lot of weapons and tools, but for me, this is the elephant gun and ultimately, the nuclear option.
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food."
Isaiah 55:1-2
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