Freedom reigns in my world, just as it does in Heaven, for Christ is the Lord of both. As it is in Heaven, the manacles that once held me no longer hold me.
I am most certain of this, for God’s Word says, “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.
Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” (Gal. 5:1)
I have been set free, for freedom. And I have been set free, in so many ways.
I am free from the restraints of corrupt desires.
I am no longer dominated by crooked wishes. In fact, God’s kingdom rule in my life means that I have been moved out of the dominion of corrupt desires altogether, so that I can do by the free impulse of my spirit what God requires. He himself is my delight, and therefore, what he asks me to do has become my greatest pleasure.
God’s life in me allows me to live with pure and unmixed intentions, his grace in me enables me to live free from all contaminates and the fine-tuning effect of his love empowers me to live in harmony with my design and his objectives.
That which impairs, weakens or pollutes me has no rights to me. In fact, I have no obligation whatsoever to the flesh, but only to “… clothe [myself] with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.” (Rom. 13:14)
I do not have any obligation to hold onto anything that does not properly belong to me or contribute to my God-given destiny. Neither do I need to be guilt-ridden over the fact that I am not living according to the accepted norms. I can live out of the box.
I am of a different breed. I carry the spotlessness that the blood of Jesus Christ accomplishes as I live out the life of the redeemed soul that he enables me to live. I am his and his alone.
I am clean, and I have exactly the skills needed for the role to which he has apportioned to me.
I am free from the shackles of unfulfilled dreams.
Unfulfilled dreams can be a menace, and they come in many forms:
– a relationship that has not brought the satisfaction I had hoped for;
– a long-standing need that has gone un-met;
– a project that has not been carried out;
– a goal that has not been accomplished;
– a task that has not been finished;
– an ambition that has not been translated into reality; or
– a general sense that I have not reached a point of fulfillment.
Whatever the case, these can be a danger to me.
But, in the freedom that Christ brings, I am led into the ultimate relationship – one in which he brings ultimate satisfaction.
There he meets my deepest needs.
There he gives me the wisdom to determine which ventures are necessary, along with the ability to do them, and the grace and courage to discard those that are not needed.
There each essential project is carried out.
There his goals are accomplished.
There each vital task is finished in his order and with his timing.
There every ambition that he has placed in me is translated into reality.
There all potential is realized.
There I am fully satisfied.