Don’t Be Domesticated
If we’re not careful, we can become domesticated to the things of this world and start believing that life will never improve for us. I believe the words of Jesus when He taught us to pray, “…on earth as it is in Heaven.” We must contend for Heaven’s best here on earth because it is obvious that it does not happen automatically.
Who told you that financial crisis cannot be turned around? Who says that a disease has to be terminal? What has convinced you that your marriage is hopeless? Who says that your wayward children cannot be restored? Who told you that there was no way that God would ever forgive you? The power and mercy of God is the solution in the face of all hopelessness. Have we forgotten the words of Jesus in Mark 9:23 where He said, “If you can believe, then all things are possible to him that believes”? What did Jesus mean when He said “all things?” He meant that faith works in every arena regardless of what it looks like.
The word “domesticate” means to get used to or to make tame. One definition is to adapt by close association in order to take advantage of. My definition of the word is this: To reduce your freedom by being separated from the knowledge of your true self. Isn’t that exactly what happens when a wild animal is domesticated? I have been to zoos and aviaries and observed majestic eagles in captivity. Though they were born to soar through canyons and spot prey from great distances and plunge into mountain lakes to grab fish with their powerful talons, they have become the performers of cheap stunts. I have stood by as a crowd was awed by the sight of an eagle snatching a dead mouse out of the hands of trainers. In his true nature, that animal is far more capable. The cage has convinced him to fly lower.
The trials in your life do not have to be your cage. The devil will try to continue to bring trial in our lives to convince us away from our true nature as God’s children. Trials will try to convince you that your faith doesn’t work and that God isn’t hearing your prayers. God is hearing! Don’t settle in and accept any defeat. Keep using your faith. Only a domesticated Christian gives up and becomes tamed. I am not going to let trials adapt me to defeat just because they try to associate with my life. Metaphorically speaking, we are wild animals!
Ephesians 1:3 says that we have already been given every spiritual blessing in Christ. Is wisdom a spiritual blessing? Is healing a spiritual blessing? According to Acts 10:38 it is. Ephesians 1:4-7 goes on to describe the Christians as chosen, holy, adopted by God, accepted, and redeemed! That’s your true nature and don’t be convinced away from it by trials. Ephesians 2:5-6 says that every believer is alive, risen, and seated together with Christ! That is all you need to know to start believing that you already have the victory in this life.
Pastor Tim
Family Church Jamestown is a non-denominational church located in Chautauqua County in Jamestown between Lakewood and Busti, NY. The senior pastor of Family Church is Pastor Tim Stahlman a native to the Jamestown, NY area.
