What are you bound to? What drives you in every decision you make? We are all bound by something or someone. David says in Psalm 56 “I am bound by Your promise, O God. My life is my offering of thanksgiving to You”; while the apostle Paul says in Romans 1, “Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.” David is bound by the promises of God and Paul is bound by Christ Jesus. If you read anything these two men wrote or read about anything they did, you will see how they being bound to the promises are seen or being bound to Christ Jesus is evident. Now back to the original question, what are you bound to?
Everyone of us is bound to something, for some it is a relationship. Decisions are determined based on a relationship to someone. You will hear them say, I can or can’t do that based on this person. Money is another major thing many people are bound to. They will move their whole family to another state for a job (money). I even know some people who are bound to a church, they literally will not make any move because they are bound to a church. Have you ever thought about what you are bound to? What drives your decisions, what filter you make decisions through? The answer to what you are bound to will help you understand your life and where you are right now.
Paul declared himself a bond servant of Christ. Every decision was based on Jesus Christ and the gospel of God. David, king of Israel, was bound by the promises of God. He only made decisions based on God’s promises to him. My friends, we are all bound to something, but many of us need to repent for being bound to someone or something that is not the person of God, Christ Jesus or the Word of God, the promises. If we are bound to anything else, we will not fulfill the purpose of God in our life and we know it. It is the 26th of July and I was praying Psalm 56 when God asked the question, what are you people bound to? These thoughts came from that question. I am bound to the promises of God and the person of Jesus Christ, oh that every Christian could say that same thing. We would see a revolution but it starts with being bonded.
Lisa Great 