I think I am not.

John 8:33

They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”

Before  I came to know Christ, I wouldn’t have thought I was a slave to anything or anyone.  I had no idea how bound I was to all the lies drugs made my mind believe and how the world told me lies about how to fit in and be a man.  If you had sex with a lot of different girls and got in fights and played sports and were good at it all, you’d be doing good in the worlds standards.  What a messed up lie, makes me sick to even think that’s what went through my head at one point in my life. And not only did I believe and do half those things, but I also encouraged others to do the same.  Also drugs.  The wacked out crazy thinker ones and that one that makes you believe you understand true love.  What a lie, what a slave you become to this false not natural was of living and thinking and feeling. Such a slave, so captive, and so scary.  The truth did set me free. It made me realize that I didn’t need to take the hearts of Gods precious fragile princesses and make them feel worthless and we do make them feel worthless. However, they all need to know they are loved by a love far greater than what man can show them especially through anything physical. And I didn’t need to prove my manhood by making other guys faces bleed. And sports, I am sorry to those who idolize them but they are a joke and not worth one aggressive thought or any negative emotion.  Jesus Christ made me understand that this world lies, and that He could lead me to be a great man of Himself and be able to feel, emote, and think in ways that would lead to righteousness and truth.  Thank you Lord for taking me out of the dark heavy gloomy chains and handing me a rope that leads to You that I can always put down and walk away from, ha but who would want to do that.

Application:  

Today I am going to share the truth with someone who doesn’t know it, and pray God sets them free.