Wild & Free - Part 3

Wild & Free
Part 3

APATHETIC APPROACH TO FREEDOM
The third face I saw was the apathetic approach to freedom.  Posey appearing at the garage door was a complete & utter shock to me… and to Sarah! She had come running out of the house and out of the garage!  She looked happy and ready to run free. But, after a couple seconds of freedom, she decided to turn around to go back into the house.
This was an altogether different aspect from Sarah & Vader! As she was standing inside the house, she saw that the door to the house was open and then she saw the garage door open.  She took the opportunity and ran for freedom. But, soon the outcome took a different turn.

As she took her first couple steps of freedom, she decided that the freedom wasn’t worth it!! Freedom wasn’t worth the exertion. Freedom wasn’t worth leaving the safety and comfort of her home. Freedom wasn’t worth losing control! She was too tired and it was easier to just stay in the comforts of what was familiar instead of stepping into the unkown and into the freedom she could have had. She was old, tired, out of shape and hopes for freedom didn’t matter to her anymore.

Scripture says how God feels about this approach:

But because you are neither cold nor hot, but lukewarm, I am about to spit you from my mouth.
Revelation 3:16 TPT

Posey wasn't fearful or hopeful of freedom. She was somewhere in the middle.  As I was writing this, the song Somewhere in the Middle came to my mind by Casting Crowns. I want to read the lyrics to you, they are pretty powerful!

“Somewhere between the hot and the cold, Somewhere between the new and the old, Somewhere between who I am and who I used to be, Somewhere in the middle, You'll find me

Somewhere between the wrong and the right, Somewhere between the darkness and the light, Somewhere between who I was and who You're making me, Somewhere in the middle, You'll find me

Just how close can I get, Lord, to my surrender without losing all control

Fearless warriors in a picket fence, reckless abandon wrapped in common sense, Deep water faith in the shallow end and we are caught in the middle, With eyes wide open to the differences, the God we want and the God who is, But will we trade our dreams for His or are we caught in the middle, Are we caught in the middle

Somewhere between my heart and my hands, Somewhere between my faith and my plans, Somewhere between the safety of the boat and the crashing waves

Somewhere between a whisper and a roar, Somewhere between the altar and the door, Somewhere between contented peace and always wanting more, Somewhere in the middle You'll find me
Just how close can I get, Lord, to my surrender without losing all control

Lord, I feel You in this place and I know You're by my side
Loving me even on these nights when I'm caught in the middle”

These lyrics say it all!

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep [unmindful of lost opportunity], And the idle person will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 19:15 AMP

The diligent find freedom in their work; the lazy are oppressed by work.
Proverbs 12:24

Music For You:
* Somewhere in the Middle by Casting Crowns