True Freedom
I’m free from the fear of tomorrow
I’m free from the guilt of my past
For I’ve traded my shackles for a glorious song
Now I’m free, praise the Lord, free at last
Freedom. So often, we think of external freedom: a prisoner who’s been released from prison, a captive who’s escaped from his captor, a slave who’s been set free. However, true freedom begins in the heart. Slavery to sin can be harder to live with than the previously mentioned situations as it’s a bondage which we’ve placed upon ourselves. It’s a prison that’s self-induced but there is Someone who has the key to release us from our man-made prison if we would but ask Him, and His name is Jesus.
When we escape the devil’s clutches, we understand what it’s like to be free for the first time in our lives. It’s like being blind and finally able to see. The grass looks greener, the sky looks bluer, other people even look different because we are now seeing through eyes of the Spirit, the way we were meant to see.
I’m thankful to live in a country where I have freedom to worship God but, even if the leaders of my country told me I couldn’t, I would still have that freedom because my God has given it to me. My allegiance really belongs to Him, and that is why I’m free.
I pray that you are walking in the Freedom that God’s called you to walk in. You don’t have to keep your empty life. You can surrender it to Him and let Him fill it. Life with God is not an automatic pain-free life but it is one where you learn to rejoice through the pain and, Friend, I wouldn’t trade this freedom for anything!
(Song at beginning written by Bill & Gloria Gaither)
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