Out of Captivity

"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the Lord, "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you," declares the Lord, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile." --Jeremiah 29:13-14

God wants to lead us out of our captivity. Whatever we are captive to whether it is habitual sin, fear, anger, or an unhealthy relationship, God wants to set us free. All we have to do is ask. He promises us that if we seek Him and His deliverance with all of our heart, He will be found by us and lead us out of our captivity into the Promised Land. Our promised land can be as individual as our captivity, but the commonality is freedom. Freedom from our pasts and whatever tries to haunt us from there. Freedom from having to do it all on our own for the One who can do it all has made Himself found by us. If we ask Him, He will lead us out of the desert again and again and again. That's the beauty of grace. God takes us where we cannot go on our own, and He will lead us home as often as we ask Him to no matter how many times we fall into the same traps that separate us from Him. Sin is that which separates us from God. Our banishment, or separation, is what we bring on ourselves through sin. God loves us so much that He wants us to lead us out of that separation, but He won't drag us out. We have a choice. To access our promised freedom from captivity, all He requires of us is that we ask Him for deliverance. Seek Him and be led out of captivity. Seek Him and He will be found.