You have to act free to feel free. | Episode 138

What do you do this Monday morning if you don’t feel free? What do you do this Monday morning if you don’t feel brave? If you don’t feel like you’re making a difference? If you don’t feel like a leader? I know that I’m free because Jesus did the work to make me so, but I don’t feel free - so I act like I’m still in bondage rather than living free. I’m talking about freedom a lot lately, I can’t get enough. But here’s the deal - I think we often first have to know how and why we’re  free, and THEN the feelings come. But it takes patience, faith, and perseverance to press in past the not-so-free feelings. Like Romans 12:2 tells us - the renewing of our mind will transform us. So what do we do with our feelings in the meantime? I’m so glad you asked: we give them to God and talk to Him about them. He doesn’t want us to stuff them or hide them; He’s eager and ready to encourage our hearts. If you are in Christ, you have been set free. If you don't feel free - that's ok. You’re in the right spot, and no matter what: freedom is for you. Make space for your feelings, but make moves and actions that agree with the truth about your life, the feeling comes later. But it does come.