Spiritual Slavery
Slavery is such an ugly thing. To know people were taken from their land, to be brought to a totally different land to work for no money, and be beaten when not in compliance with the unjust rules set forth: this is just a nice version of the entire situation.
Thank God for working in the hearts of those who were part of abolishing slavery. God does not want to see His people suffer and He will deliver them as he always does as He delivered the nation of Israel out of Egypt.
However, although slavery has been abolished, why are we still all slaves. Although we are getting paid for work that we do, we barely get to see any of the income we make. It all goes to our slave owners and instead of calling them master, we call them Chase, Wells Fargo, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Chevy, Ford, Honda, Toyota, mortgage payments, health and death insurance, and so much more that we worship as our false gods. We are a slave to our wants and desires so we can look good in front of people. Our self-esteem is so low that we spend all that we have to impress (express to) people who really don’t care about us. Continue reading