Do You Know You're Free?

How many of us
Live in a cage
Every day
Of our lives?
We live as if
We are guilty
Of every
Wrong
Thing.
And that
May be so.
And we know
It is.
So, thus,
We live.
A captive
And a prisoner
Trapped
In a cage
Of our own
Making.
The cage is
Fear.
The cage is
Doubt.
The cage is
Inadequacy.
It is
Never quite
Believing
That what
We see as
Positive
In others,
We also
Possess.
So,
We stay
Trapped
In this place
When all the
While
There is
Something
We don't know.
And that is
That the door
To this cage
Is not locked.
And that it,
In fact,
Stands open.
But
Do we move?
Do we dare
Get up
And claim
The freedom
That we have?
Do we even
Know we're
Free?
We are not
Guilty.
Jesus' death
Took care
Of everything.
And though
It might
Be scary
To leave
The safety
Of our jail,
He is
Waiting
To take us
By the hands...
And when we
Emerge...
He will
Cover us.