Shackles

Last night I shared a story about the elephant with the impact group that we lead. Most people have visited the zoo and have seen the massive elephants who are chained to a short thin chain and literally have maybe a 6 foot clearance to move around.
As baby elephants they are brought in to the zoo and they are immediately attached to a shackle and chain on their foot. As a baby the elephant will fight the chain by pulling and tugging but will be unsuccessful in doing so. The baby elephant will go several weeks trying to break free from this chain and eventually will give up and surrender the fight because its spirit is completely broken.

Many years will go by and this elephant grow to be a massive 24,000 pound animal with such strength that it could totally bust the chain off it's foot with one powerful-thrust.
You see the elephant does not know how much authority it has and how strong it truly is. All it knows is how when it was a baby that it could never break free so it never thought to try again because it felt defeated.

You see many of us are a lot like that elephant we are raised with the mindsets of limitations and many time by words of man that were spoken over us. Some words may be "I can never afford that"  or maybe "It is what it is" or My mom had this sickness so I'm probably gonna have it too.  All of these words are LIES from the enemy because your not meant to live in poverty, sickness, anger or bitterness. Just like the elephant you stopped pulling on that bondage and just left it be and because of that it has taken root in your spirit.

The TRUTH is you are now that fully grown son and daughter of the KING of KINGS and you are called for such a time as this and you have complete and full authority to break off any chains that may be holding you down. No more shackles, no more chains you are set free!  So this morning give a powerful-thrust and break that chain that is holding you back  and be free because who the Son sets free is free indeed.

Pete Garza
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