Recently, I was meditating on a sore area of my past and it began to drag me down. After each meditative minute, the weight on my chest grew heavier and heavier. Ugh!
Then I received an image.
I saw a free bird carrying around the cage she had been previously trapped in. Why in the world would a newly-freed caged bird hold on to her cage?!
And then I realized that I was the bird! Darn it!
The cage is my back-up. "Well God, I'm running this race for you but if things don't work out, I am going back into my cage, back into hiding, where much isn't' required of me." And there's the fear... again!
I was flying over a vast ocean. The living water (that is Christ) filled the ocean with love, joy, peace, and every delight from heaven I could think of. I saw God on the horizon. As I stared, I loosened my grip on the cage. The cage crashed down onto some rocks below and broke up into little pieces that were soon swallowed up by the ocean.
Ok Lord... I get it. I get it. Will I live it though? Will I live like a free bird? Will I dare to soar? Will I keep my eyes fixed on you? Will I trust you as the wind beneath my wings? Do you see me? Will you comfort me? Are you my rest and refuge?
Ok, so this is it. One more 'gain. I am exchanging my bondage for freedom. He's pulling me out. I hear him saying, "Come out here beloved and walk on this water with me. Soar with me. Rest with me. Delight in me, as I delight in you. Let's do this."
Ok, Lord. Let's do this. Give me a minute though to tie my shoes. Teehee!
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