The word freedom tends to get abused these days. I can't even tell you how many times I have heard Christians mis-quote the apostle Paul and explain that as Christians we are free to do what we wish, as long as we don't make someone stumble. Some even going as far as saying that Jesus liked to drink and party so we shouldn't frown upon it. To clarify, I am not a legalist as anyone who knows me will attest, but I do think that as Christians we are to be a testament to the work of God in our lives. So, why fight for something trivial to feed the flesh?
It is so easy for us to try to justify our flesh when we use words like freedom and liberty, but the meaning we find in scripture gives us a clearer picture. We are to be bondservants to Christ (Ephesians 6:6) and in doing so we are made spiritually free.
"For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteous-ness. What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:20-23
The song "Freedom" stems from this very concept. I want to be free in Christ. Free to walk in the way He has set before me. Free to have childlike faith. The freedom to run into the eternal life that He has granted me. My freedom is not a license to do things that some might find questionable, but rather the opportunity to grow closer to my Lord. As I walk with the Lord, in His freedom, I find peace and wholeness that nothing this world has to offer could ever fill.
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FREEDOM
I want to be a sparrow
'cause God's eyes are on each of them
I wanna fly upon the breeze
I wanna be flyin' free
And freedom, it calls my name
Freedom calls to me and beckons me home
And freedom calls my name
It beckons me to come home once again
I want to be a sailing ship
floating on the ocean waves
I want to meet the sunset
I want to be with You
I want to be a little child
I want to run in the meadows green
I want to see light in the darkness
To see the hand that sets me free
And freedom calls my name
And freedom calls me to innocence
And freedom, it calls my name
Freedom, it calls my name
©2002 Tonya Betz
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