You are Created to Enjoy Life and live in Freedom
Someone has wisely said; ‘If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything’. If this is true, and I believe it is, then many of us are victims of indecisiveness. I believe there are many people who don’t know what they want in life or why they exist in the first place. This means that these people live by the flow of life, which is a dangerous situation to be because such a person cannot enjoy life to the fullest.
Many have bowed down to external pressures and have found themselves doing things they don’t enjoy at all. Others have allowed themselves to be belittled by others. They’ve given them full access and control of their lives; literally allowing others to be in the steering wheel of their lives, thus driving them wherever and however they wish. As a result, they’ve ended up trashed and diminished to the extent that they don’t know who they are. If you allow others to describe you and dictate how you are supposed to live your life and do things, you will end up living a life full of limitations and boundaries. You will also be imprisoned by their opinions thus making it difficult for you to live in freedom. Anytime you find yourself feeling guilty because you are not living upto, or meeting someone’s expectations, check yourself because you could be a prisoner. These are some of the things that bring unnecessary pressures into our lives thereby causing us to live unfulfilling and unsatisfying lives.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly ~ John 10:10 ESV
Jesus came to give us abundant life, but how many of us experience it in our lives? The real problem lies within us; the way we see and perceive ourselves, as well as how we measure our worth and value. If we keep seeing ourselves through other people’s eyes, or measuring our worth and value by how much we have or haven’t accomplished, our status, physical beauty or even where we come from, we can’t know freedom and abundant life. We must discipline ourselves to see us as God does. It’s from here where our perspective towards us and life would change. We would become unlimited and begin to live our lives as God intended for us from the beginning.
