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237. Chew your leg off

 

We say the gospel is worth dying for, but is it worth chewing your leg off for while you’re still alive? Today during worship, the Lord showed me hundreds of thousands of mice and rats stuck in glue traps, worshipping the Lord. 

Their heads and mouths were open singing but their feet were stuck to the traps holding them hostage, keeping them caught in one place, and ultimately leading to their deaths. 

I saw a line of rogue mice and rats standing to the side. Some missing a leg, some missing an eye, some an ear or even some teeth. They were walking freely, burdened by the sights or their brothers and sisters. They looked rough, they knew what it was like to be in that place and they know what it takes to get out of that trap. They knew true freedom. 

Then I saw them get to action. Going individually to these mice and rats helping chew them free. Helping them get through that pain, that agony, and get to freedom. Helping them get to the sidelines and get to a place where they can rest and heal. 

I saw another group standing off to the other side. They were also missing limbs and had gotten themselves free. They were shouting directions at the ones stuck in death. Bite this way, pull your leg harder, say Jesus louder, chew faster etc.

If your right hand offends you….

The thing is….its gonna hurt to chew off that leg.  But you WILL DIE there if you stay in that place. 

Either way, if you chew it off yourself, or if someone else chews it off for you it’s going to hurt. But You have to go through the pain to cut yourself free. 

That’s the body of Christ. When people aren’t willing to chew off their own legs to get free, are you willing to get in that mess with them and help them chew it off? Are we willing to get off the sidelines and actually help people heal? 

Are you stuck? Are you getting yourself free, or are you so worn down that you need someone to come along side you and help you do the painful thing? We are a kingdom. Time is up, it’s time to send in the healers to advance the kingdom of Jesus. 

Do not remain stuck because the pain of cutting yourself free will hurt. Separation from Christ for all eternity hurts far worse. 

Matthew 5:29-32 

And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

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