The world is full of pain. I think that the root of all sin is pain.
Most of the sin which humanity expends itself in doing is to medicate pain. I think that liberal thinking is a way to medicate the pain of rejection, broken family ties, disappointment and disenchantment with authority, pastors, and parents. The hippie and drug cultures were rebellion against the pain of perception of unloving or inattentive parents.
So much of our identity is interwoven in pain. Pain is us. Every act of lashing out, hatred, violence, and mockery is stimulated by hidden pain.
The word, devil or diabolos, is one who hurls attacks against another. Every attack is centered on easing our pain.
Christ Jesus, the new man in us, is painless. He is rooted in a new identity, that of God Himself. God is joy, power, liberty, exuberance, transcendentalness, and authority.
The greatest challenge of the believer is to walk out of pain. Pain, must not be us, or in us anymore. We must not stop transformation until every response of our lives is rooted in painlessness. The walk out is laborious and slow, but is well worth it.
Freedom of any kind comes by revelation knowledge. You shall know revelational truth and the work of that truth will free you. Only those who are devoted disciples to the Word will operate in abundant revelation which will free them. If you do not want to become a devoted studier of the Bible, don’t expect total liberty.
You must spend time in the presence of the Lord. Whenever God manifests Himself, He causes sin to break down and become nonfunctional, ineffective. If you do not want to devote time to prayer don’t expect every chain of bondage to break .
You must learn to obey every impulse of the voice of God. This is the only way to hear Him with confidence. If you are wrong, it’s better to err trying, than to dwell in the falsity of fear.
My father would tell me, for everything you do in life; there is a price to pay. The greater the thing that you desire, the greater will be the price. How much are you willing to pay for your liberty and freedom in Christ in 2011? Anything you do towards that end is well worth it.
