True Freedom

​There is something in each of us that longs to be free. We feel trapped in our job, trapped in our financial situation, constrained by our circumstances yet we know that, deep down, there is something more. We want to be free. 
 
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:34-36)
 
So what is freedom? For many it’s the desire to be able to do what they want without reference to another or being bound by another’s rules. For some it’s the desire to travel, to have possessions or unlimited wealth. This constant desire for more can end up stealing the very thing we thought we were chasing after. 
 
Just imagine what the world would be like if everyone did what they pleased all the time. It would be chaos. That supposed freedom would lead to the desires of one person clashing with another and instead of freedom we would have dissent and broken relationships. Rather than creating freedom we would have created a prison of selfish ambition. 
 
Jesus was the most free person whoever lived. He could walk on water, walk through walls, find his tax money in a fish’s mouth. As we look at his freedom we see a life of total submission to the will and desire of his Father. He only did what he saw his Father doing, he only said what he heard his Father saying. On a human level, without understanding, that could be perceived as control but in reality it is the example of absolute freedom. 
 
Freedom is not pursuing our own agenda. It is living in perfect submission to the Father. As we do, his Spirit finds his home in our heart and causes us to walk in God’s ways. He transforms our heart so we can begin to walk as Jesus walked, in sonship and in freedom. It’s as we find our true identity as sons and daughters that we begin to see what true freedom really is.