Christianity is Liberation

When you tell people that you're a Christian and you love God it is a common misconception that it means "You follow a load of rules" or "You're either happy clappy or as dry as a burnt piece of toast" etc.

The assumption is that being a Christian is a restricting and oppressive choice.

It is such a misconception that right here and right now I'm going to eradicate it. Granted it won't be in a scholarly and academic fashion but it will be truthful!

Choosing to live for God was the most liberating thing I've ever done.

Imagine this...You've worked hard and you've just come out of school, you've been offered two fantastic jobs, same salary, same location, same great perks-how do you decide? At the end of the day although they both seem the same, one will be inevitably better for you because there will be different people involved and different styles etc.

Now if you're the indecisive type like me it'll be a killer trying to decide, but all I have to do is pray and wait for God to answer! Easy.

I don't have to worry about my future because He has it planned. Any mistake or seemingly wrong choice I make God will turn into something fruitful; whether immediately or whether years on.

I love walking back from places and being able to talk to my best friend even though He can't be seen. It's freeing. Being able to talk to someone who is always there, who will never let you down and who cares completely.

Try and name one person in your life who is all of those things, I can guarantee there will be no-one who fits all of those criteria all of the time, day in day out. How is that not liberating?

Yes, being a Christian means that perhaps I know of the 10 commandments and yes I want to abide by them as much as possible, but let's face it they're not exactly 'deal breakers'. 'Do not murder'-not exactly a toughy! I don't live each day confined by suffocating laws that tell me to face a wall, jump up and down 5 times, wash my face and then I can talk to God, if anything I live a life that is limitless and boundary-less, it is me that puts the obstacles there, God wants to break them and let me roam.

Jesus died on the cross so that none of us would have the issue of restraint, confinement and claustrophobia of oppressive rules and regulations. He died so that we could live, that we could have our own breathing space and use that breathing space to be close to God.

To have the knowledge that God is sovereign, loves me no matter what I do or say and allows me to live a life that isn't oppressed...now that is LIBERATING!

Get God in your life, get liberated.