Unshackled Moments ~ March 6 ~ Contact High

I have a question for my Dear Readers who have struggled to be free from the chains of chemical addiction. Have you ever gotten drunk from smelling a drink? Have you ever managed to get drunk because those around you were drunk or did you actually have to drink, to take the alcohol in every single time that you ever became intoxicated? Well, it might have been a little easier with other drugs. Ever had a contact or secondary high? Was it ever enough to satisfy? If you're anything like me, the answer is probably not.

The scripture tells us to be drunk with the Holy Spirit instead of with wine. Real addicts and alcoholics learn that this bondage is a spiritual one and the answer and path to freedom is a spiritual one as well. To find freedom in any area, in every area, we must be filed with a spirit other than and greater than our own. The thing is the Spirit is also something that can't effect us, at least not in a full and satisfying way, until we take Him into us.

You can't have the Spirit of God override our old nature and set us free without desiring for Him to do so. Just like we had to drink and drug to get high, not just think about it. We must imbibe. We have to take Him in personally. Being near Him is not enough. A contact buzz from being around those full of the spirit can only increase our desire, not satisfy it. The relationship with God that sets us free is a personal one and must be achieved and maintained on a personal level. It's not about the relationship our parents, spouses, friends or any other relations might or might not have. It's not about what we did yesterday or the day before. It's about making contact, taking Him in today and surrendering to the effects of the Spirit as He fills us and changes the way we think, feel and act.  Let's take the Spirit into us again today.

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