Wednesday... Oh He wants to cut your free.

Wednesday... Oh He wants to cut you free. He really does.

Psalm 129:4 (NLT) says, "But the Lord is good; he has cut me free..."

I remember my mom at our church when she was leading a group of us junior boys asked a boy to come up front and she took a spool of thread and while talking to us she started winding it around the boy's arms. After a few turns she asked him to break it and he easily broke it. She then started talking and winding again. She would tell about things that young boys would do that could get them in trouble and she kept talking and kept winding. And then she asked him again to break it and he couldn't. But she then took some scissors and cut the thread. He couldn't break it by himself but he could with help.

And that is the way it is in life. Have you found it true? You maybe started down a path and you knew you shouldn't go there but you say, I can always quit any time. And you do but then you go farther and farther and then you can't quit. So what do you do?

Well, the Psalmist says, "But the Lord is good; he can cut me free." So why don't you ask Him? Confess that you can't stop. You need help. Please God help me. I can't cut free from this that I am doing without help, without You.

Is there something in your life that has you it its grasp and you can't break out of it? So will you ask Him and then let Him cut your free? It may mean He will bring someone into your life to help you. Maybe He'll lead lead you to Celebrate Recovery. Or to a church. But the answer is you can't do it alone. You need help.

He wants to cut you free. It may not be easy. That junior boy was embarrassed. And you may be too. But God wants to cut you free. So just reach out to Him. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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