Have you ever known you probably shouldn’t do something—and did it anyway?

Sometimes the problem isn’t that we don’t know what to do. Sometimes we know, but what we know is colliding with what we want.

In this episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, Cecilia Columbus continues exploring lessons from her book, Breaking the Chains: Finding Healing, Forgiveness, and Freedom in God, with a powerful reflection inspired by Chapter 2, “Curiosity, Consequence, and the Call to Obedience.”

Cecilia explores the difference between hearing God and surrendering to what He is saying, why we sometimes keep asking God for clarity when we may already know the next step, and what our struggle with obedience can reveal about what is happening beneath the surface.

Sometimes we aren’t confused—we’re conflicted.

Confusion says, “I don’t know what to do.”

Conflict says, “I know what I should do, but something in me wants something different.”

In this episode, you’ll reflect on questions like: Am I struggling with fear, loneliness, rejection, impatience, curiosity, the need for acceptance, or the desire to control the outcome? Am I asking God for more direction—or struggling to surrender to what I already know?

Scripture: James 1:22

📖 Get the Book

In Chapter 2 of Breaking the Chains: Finding Healing, Forgiveness, and Freedom in God, Cecilia shares personal experiences involving curiosity, choices, consequences, and lessons about obedience that she intentionally does not reveal in this episode.

Breaking the Chains: Finding Healing, Forgiveness, and Freedom in God
By Cecilia M. Columbus
Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.

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