But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?
Galatians 4:9
Galatians 4:9
Why do I live in bondages that don’t “hurt” me? Once set free I keep looking back at my Red Sea wishing for the old Egyptian lifestyle even though it is dead. It has been cut off by the miracle of the New Birth’s baptism in Jesus. I am cut off and can never go back but continue in the destructive patterns of my slavery of sin, even in the desert of cleansing.
I do this in spite of the fact that I know God personally and that He knows me. He has accepted, approved, anointed, and appointed me to my place of ministry in His family for the sake of the kingdom. Even in this light I am often willing to lean on the weak staff of Egypt instead of sharing my yoke with Jesus.
Lord Jesus, I am very tired of my addictions to food and caffeine. I am tired of living like a slave to demonic masters. I confess these things to you so that I might be forgiven and delivered. Set me free. Be my Lord as well as my Savior.
Known by Him,
Pastor Jason
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