Boxes Pt. 2

Do you put yourself in a box ? People in church do. In the world. Everywhere people are boxed up and tucked away and safe-or so it seems. A lot of times we confine ourselves because at one time or another we got hurt. A plan failed. To please a certain establishment. We lock away potential that elsewise touch the lives of hundreds and thousands-many for an eternity. Churches put themselves at enmity with God when they box themselves up. They do it by tradition-I'm sure you have heard it before."We've done this outreach every year." "Some people in the church aren't comfortable with this...". Or the never failing-"But we have always done one for Christmas this year-we're going to have one!" A lot of churches don't believe in speaking in tongues because they are afraid to step out. Christians weaken themselves when they put themselves away to be safe. Look, it isn't safe to put yourself in a box. It produces a life that is not lived out by God's mandate . It fails to bring to life a divinely ordered plan and wedges in a chasm between you and your Creator. Israel tried to base their relationship with God in the area of tradition. They tried to confine God in a box. They put themselves in a box. They thought they were safe. They weren't and God was not pleased with them.
God has a plan for your life. It's a plan that cannot and will not fail no matter your age or where you came from. When you take yourself out of the box in what you were comfortable in you then realize how cramped you were in that box. There was no freedom in that box. You were claustrophobic. But, when you emerged out of that box and opened yourself to God, your world became His. Your plans became His plans. Your life is hidden in Christ-the only hiding place you'll need to run to. In Him,there is no failure. So, get out of that box your in and begin to live again- God's waiting for you to come out.