Break Every Chain

There is power in the name of Jesus to break every chain.

The words to the song we sang during worship service this morning resonated in my ears all day: there is power in the name of Jesus to break every chain. Every chain. 

Chains are used to bind, confine, restrain, restrict; chains withhold freedom. What are the chains that can bind a heart and mind? 

Addiction is a chain that entraps in many forms - substance, stimuli, approval, performance. Chains also bind through anxiety, depression, fear, low self-esteem, past failures, betrayal, unforgiveness, bitterness. 

So I raise the question to myself: what chains are weighing me down, cutting into my wrists, restraining me from freedom and fulfillment? What chains am I willfully holding onto because they give me a warped sense of security? What does it take to loosen the chains and step into freedom? 

There is power in the name of Jesus to break every chain. 

Scripture is full of instances where powerful things happened when they were spoken and done in the name of Jesus. The Lord Himself encourages us to pray in His name and the Psalms & Proverbs are full of promises that His name is a strong tower and those that run to it will be safe. 

In the name of Jesus, let the chains that are holding me back be severed. Lord, shake loose the things that hinder me from being the woman you want me to be. Let the rusty chains of my perceptions about myself, my past, my pain, be eroded away by the Living Water of Your love. And instead, let Your grace, Lord, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to Thee.