Position, Posture,and Freedom

Glen and I love spending time riding our motorcycle. Wind therapy. I spend a lot of time while we're out there in prayer or meditation. While riding the other day I was thinking about the current message coming across to the body of Christ. Do we want just enough of Jesus to look good and have fire insurance, or do we really want Him to be Lord in our lives? Or do we preach that He's Lord and in order to keep everyone safe and in line we keep them boxed in with rules? What does true freedom look like? I'd have to say that until you've tasted it, it looks scary. Dangerous. From a biker perspective, it's like riding in a "cage." That's what we call it when you're in a vehicle other than a bike. All boxed in. You can get down the road, but there's no freedom in it. Now, if you're ready for more freedom, you can't just jump on a bike and go. There are some things you need to understand first. The key word is balance. I want to share my perspective with you. I like the back. I enjoy the ride and the scenery. But, that also means I'm not in control. I've got to trust Glen. That's how I view my relationship with God. I have to invite Him to have control, then I trust Him. I enjoy the ride. I don't kick him off when a storm comes and try to take control again. I have to keep Him in that position in my life. Now, although He's steering, I have a huge part to play. I've got to know how to ride and maintain posture. Now matter how skilled my driver is, if I throw my weight around, especially in a curve, we're going down. No one's fault but my own. I think that's where the church has gotten it wrong for so long. They've been in one of two ditches: legalism or hyper grace. We're either using rules to keep us boxed in and safe, or we're crashing and burning because we don't understand how to posture ourselves in freedom. I love how John Bevere brings out holiness in his book, Good or God. We must have it to bring God's presence and be able to posture ourselves correctly to enjoy true freedom. Riding is my passion, but we've got to take this analogy a little farther because as I like to say over and over, we are meant to fly! In an airplane, your posture comes into play in trusting the instruments. You have to completely re-train your senses to do that. Are you ready to position Jesus as Lord and posture yourself to enjoy freedom?