Freedom

I was spending some time with some amazing women of God yesterday and this song came on my radio. While it's always been a special song to me it has taken on special meaning this week. Read through the lyrics once and then I'll explain.


Turnin' molehills into mountains
Makin' big deals out of small ones
Bearing gifts as if they're burdens
This is how it's been
Afraid of coming out of my shell
Too many things I can't do too well
Afraid I'll try real hard And I'll fail
This is how it's been
Till the day You pounded on my heart's door
And You shouted joyfully You're not a slave anymore!
CHORUS: You're free to dance Forget about your two left feet
And you're free to sing Even joyful noise is music to Me
You're free to love 'Cause I've given you My love And it's made you free
I have set you free!
My mind finds hard to believe That You became humanity
and Changed the course of history Because You loved us so
And my heart cannot understand How You accept me as I am
But You say You've always had a plan And that's all I need to know
So when I am consumed With what the world will say
Then You're singing to me, as You remove my chains
Free from worry Free from envy and denial Free to live,
free to give, free to



My favorite part of this song and the part I keep coming back to is, "Till the day You pounded on my heart's door And You shouted joyfully You're not a slave anymore!"

It always reminds me of these verses,
Galatians 5:1
"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."

John 8:34
"Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin"

I remember reading the second verse and thinking that it was harsh. me, a slave to sin. So I looked up the definition of slave;

:a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person

Okay, I guess that makes sense, I know that in my past I have felt competely under the control of things that didn't honor God. Now I'm depressed, I'm a slave to sin, what do I do with that? Then I found the first verse, "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." Christ has set us free, do not let yourself be burdened, do not let yourself, Christ has already broken the shackles, He broke those chains on Calvery. He has taken them away, so you are no longer a slave to sin, get up dance, sing, love, because Jesus has paid your bond and you are free. Live as free!