Everyone longs for freedom!  Refugees cross oceans and climb mountains, risking their lives, so they can live in safety and freedom.  However, true freedom, is not based on our surroundings, but rather on what is in our hearts.

 

A person can live in a peaceful place, but have no peace in their hearts.  If you struggle with guilt, or are overcome with anxiety and fear, or have issues with anger and bitterness, you are not truly free.  In fact Jesus says we are really slaves to these negative and sinful thoughts.

 

No-one wants to be a slave.  A slave is trapped, under the control of some-one else, and has no freedom.  We are not called to lives like that, but to live as sons and daughters of God.  The only one who can set us free is Jesus.

When we know the truth, Jesus says, we will be free.  Jesus himself is the Truth, but it is knowing who he really is and what he came to do for us that changes us.  As we seek to live each day, putting into practice what he tells us, we will grow in our understanding of these truths and experience this inner freedom.  A freedom from guilt and anxiety, and a freedom to forgive and love others.

 

As Jesus says, “If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!”  Is there are area if your life where you need to let him in?  Do that right now.