Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise Your name; the righteous shall surround me, for You shall deal bountifully with me – Psalm 142:7
Our spirits may be inhabited by the Truth and therefore live in freedom; our bodies may be physically unrestricted by prison walls or boundaries, but our souls may be bound up in the prison of our own choosing. Just as a prisoner is not free to do whatever they desire, so too are those whose souls have been held hostage by the residue of the jarring experiences of life. Still, not all captivity is negative! We are meant to be held captive or hostage by Christ. We are meant to be prisoners of His love in the sense that his love so captivates us that we gladly and willfully surrender to Him. If we are not prisoners of God’s love, we will be prisoners of the love of something else – be it the love of money, the love of power, the love of sex, etc. When we are imprisoned by Christ’s love, our prayer is to remain captive. When we are imprisoned by something else, our prayer is for Christ’s love to take us out of that prison.
Nothing else should hold my soul captive except for Christ’s love
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