Bound

Mark 5:2-4 And when he had come out of the boat, there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who lived among the tombs; and no one could bind him any more, evenwith a chain; for he had often been bound with fetters and chains, but the chains he wrenched apart, and the fetters he brokein pieces; and no one had the strength to subdue him.


Jesus was about the business of helping people who were bound. Freedom was his main objective. Take away the burdens, heal the disease, open channels with the excluded, all to remove things that keep us separated or walled away from one another. It is not exactly a problem that has gone away. We still see people in the world with a lot and people with a little and we fear being the ones with little. We see people who are dealing with illness and they are often still isolated from life either by the disease or their own emotional challenges because of the  issues. Even the best of us have some trust issues that keep us from saying what we need to or being what we should. Unless we see our own demons we remain bound. Christ can and will set us free, either instantly in some cases or step by step in others. I have had moments that seemed like the instant variety only to discover that some step by steps were to follow. I've come to the conclusion that God is never done with this task in us, and I wait for the next steps in my path to perfect freedom.