Freedom

Tomorrow, on July 4th, we will be celebrating Independence Day, a day that declares American Freedom.  And as I do not plan on writing a blog in the morning, I wanted to share my thoughts on freedom today.

It is my belief that we are less free in this country today than in days past as we are increasingly giving up true freedom to the tyranny of our base human desires, which will leave us imprisoned by the guile of the Evil One.  Let's talk about true freedom:

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free" (Gal 5:1).  Therefore, can we now do anything our hearts may desire?  Does freedom mean we can make any choice that seems good to us?  

Actually, not.  We were "set free from the law of sin and death" (Rom 8:2), which used to "reign in your mortal body" (Rom 6:12).  If we follow the natural impulses we feel or make choices based solely on what we want, then we are slaves again to that which leads to death. 

It is from this very slavery we have been set free. We are not free to do what we want, which is slavery to our worldly passions, we are free to do what is right, free to walk in the "path, which leads to life" (Matt 7:14).  

Freedom is the ability to become the true self we were created to be, to walk in the path marked out for sons and daughters of God.  Freedom is the liberty to become our best and truest self.  Jus' Sayn.