As a girl I had the opportunity to be the lead in my camp’s production of Rapunzel. Recently the Lord began to remind me that like Rapunzel I have always possessed the key to my freedom.
Rapunzel, found her escape to freedom through something she already possessed that was very assessable. Remember her long hair that worked as a ladder for her rescue? Not only did she possess the means to escape her captivity, it was extremely common, yet highly personal.
In the great childhood story, The Wizard of OZ, Dorothy found the very thing she had been searching for right at home where she lived. There is something unique we are meant to connect to resident in all of us.
I’m pretty attuned to living from my heart and in communion with the Lord, but when I make a detour trying to keep up with someone else’s’ pulse, I may miss the obvious even if it is right in front of me. Don't we often seek outside ourselves for answers that only we carry?
It took me a long time to recognize the assets that God innately deposited in me, but when I began to own them, I began to live outside of my prison walls.
At first my son Josh didn't recognize his natural ability with people, even though it makes it easy for him to excel. He thought his ability to make others feel comfortable and accepted was ordinary, not noticing the job offers he gets even when he’s not looking.
“It feels too easy to be a gifting” he said, but that is exactly the point. If something feels effortless it is the signature of divine craftsmanship, because what may be easy for one person is not for another.
What God given key do you posses to your freedom that you haven't recognized?
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