I can think of multiple times in my life when I was trying to get free. My spiritual life at the time would have been defined by “I’m trying to get free from X”—sin, depression, discouragement, rejection.
I believe the enemy is powerful. I believe the devil can establish strongholds in our lives (Ephesians 4:27) and we have a duty to get rid of such things (Hebrews 12:1). But I think I have spent too much of my life trying to get free.
Jesus said, “If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36). Not long after He said this, Jesus endured hatred, scorn, and rejection, was beaten and bruised, and hung bloody and lifeless on a cross for my freedom. He rose from the dead three days later, and—like that—we were free. The curse of death that had filled the earth beginning with Adam and Eve and ensued for thousands of years after was broken, and we were free!
No longer do I need to try to get free. I will still struggle against the spiritual forces of evil (Ephesians 6:12), and I still must fight. I will have days where walking with the Spirit is easier than others. I will be tempted, I will mess up, and I still will have to repent and return to Jesus. But the fight is not to get free, it is to be free. To live free. The moment I accepted Christ as Savior of my soul, I was free. And now, as I face powers that come against me, the moment I choose to accept my freedom and walk in it, I am free.
The Son has set me free, and I am free indeed!
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