Devo: Chain Breaker

We sang this in a couple of our services yesterday. One of our (young!) retired ladies posted the lyrics on her Facebook profile, commeting "I so felt the Holy Spirit with us today." She inspired me to re-visit the lyrics. Perhaps someone you know needs this more than you. And maybe it was God that led me to share this just for you. To watch the powerful music video from Zach Williams, CLICK HERE.

Prison

What’s yours?

There are a thousand. Maybe more.

The prisons mentioned in Chain Breaker seem a good place to start:

hurting with pain,

searching for direction.

A dozen others come to mind whether I sing this it in personal worship or lead it publicly:

Alcohol

Anxiety

Depression

Fear

Gambling

Marijuana

Meth

Painkillers

Pornography

Pride

Tobacco

Worry.

After a minute with Google, a dozen other possibilities emerge.

The astounding thing about Jesus is that WHICH prison doesn’t seem to matter to Him. He can free us—better yet, He yearned to free us so much that He defeated sin and the grave to set us free—from our prisons.

To set you free from yours.

So run to Him. Every time you are tempted to run back to your prison, choose to run to Him instead.

He’s been breaking chains for people like Peter, Paul and Silas for millennia.

He wants to break yours, too.

Chain Breaker

If you've been walking the same old road

For miles and miles,

If you've been hearing the same old voice

Tell the same old lies,

If you're trying to fill the same old holes inside,

There's a better life,

There's a better life.

If you've got pain, He's a pain taker.

If you feel lost, He's a way maker.

If you need freedom, or saving,

He's a prison shaking Savior.

If you got chains, He's a chain breaker.

We've all searched for the light of day

In the dead of night.

We've all found ourselves worn out

From the same old fight.

We've all run to things we know just ain't right.

There's a better life,

There's a better life.

If you believe it,

If you receive it,

If you can feel it,

Somebody testify.

Oh, if you need freedom, or saving,

He's a prison shaking Savior.

If you got chains, He's a chain breaker.

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