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Help, I'm Trapped
Inside An Onion!
by Kyria Baker
December 1, 2000
Because I grew up trapped in Satan's snare of unreasonable fear, I now have
to deal with it. When I am faced with a new situation, I tend to shrink back and
try to avoid it. As I analyzed it, I discovered it was because I didn't want to
appear foolish. I was afraid of what people might think of me. I was wasting a
lot of energy worrying about the thoughts of others; something I could do
nothing about.
As I now learn about the Lord's protection, I am learning to be bolder. Psalm
91:1,2 says, "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall
abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, 'He is my refuge
and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.'" This is very special to me.
A few months ago, I was struggling with a lot of issues. I felt God calling me
to take my Christianity more seriously. So I started trying to be a better
Christian, but there were barriers in my way. It seemed that every time I dealt
with one, there were more confronting me. I came up with a word picture that I
think is pretty accurate: I felt I was trapped at the center of an onion.
Okay, go ahead and laugh, but bear with me. I would ask God to help me deal with
an issue, and He would, but it always involved a lot of crying. Then I'd
discover there was yet another layer that needed to be peeled away. I felt like
it was never ending; I would never be free.
The onion was what I had developed to protect myself from life's hurts. The only
problem was that life's hurts got locked in there with me and I was imprisoned,
which only kept me from developing close relationships with other people. I
finally understood that if I would place myself in God's fortress I could safely
let Him remove the onion.
When I abide under the shadow of the Almighty, I am secure. God is teaching me
the proper way to react when I feel under attack from others. I am secure in the
knowledge of who I am in Christ, so I can look past what a person is saying to
see the pain that person must be in. I may not know anything about his past, but
I know now that a person lashes out in order to protect himself. I did it myself
all the time!
Now that I have fully accepted God's love for me, I am learning to love others
with His love that is flowing through me. There is such freedom in not having to
protect myself!
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