Free of Ownership

We choose what, if anything, owns us.  There are times we let a circumstance, conversation, or a person take possession of our thoughts, attitudes, actions, and words.  The thing is . . . it is always a choice . . . of who or what takes ownership.  When you get down to it, ownership begins in our mind. How we think and what we think reveals ownership.

Internal chaos occurs when we allow something or someone take a hold of us. 

Freedom comes when we deliberately focus on God. Peace is the fruit of a  free mind:
You will keep in perfect peace
       those whose minds are steadfast,
       because they trust in you.(Isaiah 26:3, NIV)

Perfect peace often seems beyond our reality.
So.
We need to:

Stop.
Breathe.

Confess whatever or whoever is consuming our life. 

Focus on what God has said.
Meditate on what God has said. Think on it over and over.  Refuse to let the "stuff" enter back in.

 We are free when our mind becomes steadfast on God.
 The song recorded in Exodus 15 tells the story of the people finding freedom from slavery.  They had been owned by others for centuries; however God released them:

 "The enemy boasted,
       'I will pursue, I will overtake them.
       I will divide the spoils;
       I will gorge myself on them.
       I will draw my sword
       and my hand will destroy them.'
But you blew with your breath,
       and the sea covered them.
       They sank like lead
       in the mighty waters.

The enemy could not own God's people.  God provided a way out. 
Be free of something or someone owning you.
Receive freedom through Christ.
Keep your mind steadfast on God.

Learning to KickStart free of being owned by something or others,
Kerrie
(written by Kerrie L. Palmer © 2010 All Rights Reserved)