Christian Living

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Earlier, we spoke of how many people keep themselves confined to a "prison" often times of their own making. See the previous post titled "Some prisoners are Meant to be Free". I promised we would look at some of the things that hold us captive, how we can release ourselves and what happens when we do.

Unfortunately, there are many things that can keep us "locked up". Many people have the false assumption that just because we gave our lives to Jesus Christ, we somehow become problem free. Life does not suddenly become a cake walk though, and in fact Christians can be faced with problems of a different sort than our counterpart non-Christians.

Christians can get snared into the same traps of captivity that the rest of society can. There are some who deal with addictions. These can range from drugs or alcohol, pornography, overspending, smoking, eating disorders, gambling and a host of others. Do these addictions make us any less Christian or "saved"? I personally don't think so, but they are things that hinder our growth and our walk with Christ.

Many who come to Christ have excess baggage. We may have grown up in an abusive home, suffered trauma, harbor resentment and even hate. Many have been exposed to "cults" and false religions or homes where God was used as a weapon of sorts, that have made us hesitant to commit our lives to a loving God.

Of course too, there are many that feel that Christianity has too many rules and requirements. They think that they have to give up their life of "fun" and become some kind of ‘kill joy'. This leads to being a "fence sitter

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