Free at Last!

1 Peter 2:16
16 Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants [1] of God.

The ignorance of foolish men holds most of humanity in bondage. Foolish men seek earthly treasure over the heavenly. They seek immediate gratification through enjoying the pleasures of sin for a season. Delayed gratification offers lasting pleasure that honors God. Foolish men lord themselves over others and lead them by force, rather than humbling themselves and leading as a servant.

I do not want to be a foolish man, but at times I clothe myself with those chains of bondage. Father, you beckon me to “live as free”, so why do I so often seek freedom by going back to those things that once held me captive? Jesus, you are the great Liberator! You have set me free, now help me to remain free. Don’t allow my shallow heart to use the freedom that you purchased with your blood as an excuse for my reckless behavior.

What prisoner of war long held captive and tortured physically, emotionally and spiritually, would then turn on his liberator and walk back into that dungeon of despair knowing his freedom was bought with the blood of an innocent?

Christ my King – my Liberator – you have led me out of captivity and I am free, not to do as I please, but free to serve you, my gentle and merciful ruler. Let me honor you with the life that I choose. I choose to serve you and to be loved by you. I choose to cast aside my foolishness. My servitude in your great Kingdom has brought me freedom. May I roam the landscape of your Kingdom freely always!