Just because we live in a free country does not mean we have freedom. In fact there are many indicators that suggest that all kinds of cords entwine us. A graph of the stock market looks like some anchor tossed in water that only grows deeper. Wearing sweaters of worry, whose fortunes are tied to investments, face the chill of anxiety. Companies lay off employees to keep their profits. Lights go out from city to city across the state whose economy may be the sixth largest in the world, but who cannot create the energy to prevent brownouts. If our hopes are based on the strength of a nation our dreams will one day be nightmares. The prevalence of fear is a sure sign of the absence of freedom.
Meditation
Psalm 119:45—I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out Your precepts.
When we trust in God, nothing can take us down. Even in death we are moved to a redeemed life with Him forever! True freedom comes by loving God and submitting to His law which brings liberty! When of our own volition we seek to bring Him glory, our hearts sing praises in notes unflattened by trying circumstances. The Apostle Paul proclaimed, "It 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 . . . But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom" (Galatians 5:1, 2Corinthians
By the power and holiness of Jesus Christ, you have the right to live with joy! By the grace of your Savior you are set free! Don’t get tied up by those who teach self-worship. Do you truly believe your work or your boss, your brains or your luck, your spouse or your popularity dictate your joy? Real freedom dances in the embrace of the omnipotent Father. "Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in His ways" (Psa.28:1). I pray you will be blessed.
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