The story is told of an experiment in which a butterfly was caught and caged in a transparent jar. A few seconds after being put in the glass jar the butterfly tried to fly out but hit the glass wall of the jar. This went on for about a few hours. The butterfly kept trying to fly out and always hit the glass wall. Day one passed, day two passed, day three passed, and still the butterfly kept hitting the transparent glass wall of the jar each time it kept trying to escape. By this time frustration was creeping in. The butterfly was now getting tired of trying to escape and the number of tries per hour decreased significantly.
After about a week, the butterfly stopped trying to escape. It just lay there on the bottom of the glass jar. I guess in its mind, the situation was so hopeless and it had given up hope. It was at this time that the scientist removed the covering of the jar. To his amazement the butterfly did not move. It didn’t even escape. It lay there. It didn’t even try to fly again to escape.
That is the sad situation with many people today. They have been suffering for too long, they have been in trouble for too long, they have been sick for too long that they have lost hope. People have been in bondage for too long that when freedom came they didn’t even realize it came.
The bible says “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with yoke of bondage” (Galatians 5:1)
The bible also says Jesus Christ paralyzed him (satan) that had the power of death (Hebrews 2:14).
Jesus has made us free. The bible says that “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed” (John 8:36)
That means that freedom is our birthright.
We are free from death, free from sickness, free from suffering, free from poverty, free from all kinds of troubles that may come in life. Jesus came so that we might be free from the devil and his cohorts. That’s why Jesus came. That’s why He died for us. That’s why he sacrificed His life so that we can be made free from all that troubles people.
The bible says that “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8)
Are you going to be like the butterfly which didn’t realize that freedom had come and stayed in the same place even after it was freed? You may have suffered for too long. Yes, you may have reached the point of hopelessness. But this Jesus that I preach, He can make you free.
