SNAPPED
Today's reading: Psalm 107-109

"He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom; he snapped their chains." Psalm 107:14 NLT

Snapped-to have broken suddenly with a sharp sound.

When I was in high school the popular Christian thing was the 'power lifter team'.

It was a bunch of big, burly Christian men who gave presentations at churches and school about the power of God.

They were impressive to look at. Bulging muscles. Defined biceps. They would wow the crowd with their strong man demonstrations.

One of their signature feats of strength was to tear in half a 'New York City-sized' telephone book with their bare hands.

It certainly brought ooh and aahs from the crowd.

I did it once.

Yes, I tore a thick phone book in half...After I baked it for 6 hours in a very low oven--as instructed on the internet.

I guess the baking process brittled the pages and sure enough, with my own bare hands I tore it in half for a Children's Church lesson.

And yes, I got the amazed response. (Granted my audience consisted of 1st-4th graders.)

I thought about the process I had to go through in order to do that feat of power when I read about God snapping my chains of bondage.

God didn't have to work at it. He didn't have to strain.  He didn't have to tug and pull for hours on end. He didn't have to 'bake the chains in the oven' to get them to the point at which He could break them at their weakest link.

He snapped them clean in two when He saved me! When I think back, I can almost hear the sound it made at that small altar at that little country church that Easter Sunday morning.

Immediately.

Instantaneously.

Lovingly.

Completely.

With more might, power and strength than the 'power lifter team' could ever dream of having!