Elephants are controlled in the circus by chaining them to a small stake in the ground. The elephant could easily pull up the stake; but he doesn’t try. In fact, elephants have died in fires chained to stakes they could have easily pulled up, but don’t.
You see when an elephant is very young he is chained to a tree. He learns that he can not break away. As he grows older the lesson sticks with him, well past the point that the confinement is no longer effective.
I know that I am, in some ways, similar. If I tried and failed at something long ago, I won’t easily attempt it again. But I’m not the same person. In the natural, I am older and more experienced. In the spiritual, I am a completely new man.
How true that is of you and me who have ingrained thought patterns in our lives. We say, “I am chained to this habit and I can’t break free.” Or we say, “I’m not good enough.” All kinds of lies keep us in bondage, but real truth is what God says, not what we think.
Are there any strongholds in your life that keep you chained to the past? Maybe we need to say a prayer and jerk on that old chain. It may not be as strong as we think.
Be blessed.
Nick
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