A woman commented to me recently that her business was locked into a debt repayment schedule that had no exit door for her company in the event income temporarily dwindled and a payment was missed or late. She feared losing her whole company to creditors.

The words “no exit door,” caught my attention. In my understanding of God’s infinite possibilities for progress and healing, I know there is no such thing as having no exit door to freedom. There is always an exit door, and it’s labeled, “God.”

But I pondered how often people do feel locked up in what they perceive to be impossible and hopeless situations.

The prison they fear could be delinquent mortgage payments threatening the loss of their home, a disease, or hate harming a precious relationship. From a material point of view, prison walls seem to appear all around in the human experience.

But we are never locked into a state of hopelessness, for we are not limited material people. We are unlimited spiritual children of God! There is always a way out, a spiritual way out of the trouble we dread.

This is an extreme example, but I’m sure Jesus felt locked into a very unfair circumstance when facing impending crucifixion. From a human point of view, his future looked extremely dismal. A court trial set, unfair judges, rulers bent on destroying him, a cross, death, a tomb…how much worse could it get?

He prayed, “O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me.” Jesus felt locked into a very evil situation, and he was looking for an exit door. But he also knew better than to doubt God’s omnipresent and all-wise care. He continued to pray, “Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.” During his prayer, he let go of his fear of death, and settled into a consciousness of eternal Life, and this transition in thought proved to be his exit door.

He realized to a greater degree that he lived in God, Spirit, and not in matter, and therefore had nothing to fear. His substance was spiritual, his self was spiritual, and his life-work was spiritual. None of his good could be lost, for it was indestructible, in Spirit.

His trust was soon vindicated when he walked out of the tomb alive triumphant over his enemies’ attack.

We too have our exit door to walk through when feeling imprisoned. It’s never a debt, a boss, a spouse, a job, or a disease that imprisons us. The prison is never material. It’s fear of matter or material circumstances.

We break the fear by knowing we belong to God, and not to evil, by understanding that we are spiritual beings reflecting the infinite possibilities of Life. There are no limits on our Life in Spirit.

Life in Spirit is our exit door from any matter-prison that mortal mind wants to build around our sense of possibility.

We are not material. Our supply is not material. Our health is not material. Our love is not material, and therefore never at the mercy of material circumstance. We are spiritual, and everything about us that is important and significant is spiritual too.

Living in Spirit is our wide-open exit door to any freedom we yearn for. Feel free to walk through it today!

Joy,