What is …

Freedom

 

 

I don’t think anyone really understands being free. I mean we all know that we are free in this country right? We have the right to free speech, and we can protest, we have a part in the government, we can be whatever religion we want, we have the right to choose what sexual orientation we want, we can be anyone we want, we are given more opportunities than a lot of other countries do, and we have freedoms such as safety, privacy and education. Where is God in all this? God is the founder of ALL of our freedoms. He gave us life, which gave us everything he had to offer. There are limits to this freedom, like not being Him, not knowing our full potential, and not seeing what plans he has for us. It shouldn’t matter though. This life is about being free that we can only wholly achieve through Him. Being free from worry, free from envy, free from denial, free to give, free to love, free to laugh and free to smile. We have so much to be thankful for, and yet we in turn sin against the loving father who cherishes us more than anything. Every day He is standing over us, watching us, listening to us, loving us, and praying for us. He knows our future, and he knows who we are inside out and yet he loves us. He loves the axe murderer who only wants to end people’s lives, He loves the wiccans because they are still his children, and they fall to sin under Satan’s rule, He loves the druggies down the street, He loves the hypocritical pastor, He loves the single mother, and he loves you. No one is exempt from his love. We weren’t granted the ability to live, without the ability to be free. He does not chain us up, and he doesn’t keep things from us. We can see and be anything we want, as long as we have Him on our side. That’s all He wants, is for us to accept Him and love Him.

I see freedom as the greatest gift He can offer us, because we already have His love and with freedom comes everything else. With His unchained freedom we can have anything else we ever wanted. I’m not talking physical things. In the book God’s Blog the author is writing from his perspective OF God’s perspective. It’s an amazing book I recommend anyone to read it. It made me laugh, and really see things from a more optimistic more open eye-d way and really showed me how much God loves me. I think it would do the same for anyone else. Anyways – back to what I was saying. Being free is being free from overwhelming anger. This anger we have inside of us is innate, but because of it, we grow jealous, bitter and quite rude. Usually we get angry because no one is listening to us, or we can’t have what we want. ‘If there is something you really want, and you don’t get it … the chances are extremely high that you don’t really want it’. I STRONGLY believe in that quote. There are so many things I can tell you I want but because I really don’t want them all that bad, and because I don’t need them, I know there is a reason and a lesson in not having it. It can be anything from a boyfriend to a book to having “in” clothing. Life isn’t about fitting in, and conforming to what we want or what the world wants- it’s about having a voice and standing up for it. Standing up for God’s voice that is within your soul, aching to be heard and share the good news of life, love and the happiness that comes from His freedom.

I live my life off of getting what I want. I know the feeling, I’m an only child, and I can say because of God I am a beautiful and smart girl. With all that in perspective, my chances of being told “no”, are pretty slim. Now I also am manipulative and persuasive when I get told “no”. This is how a lot of us live. Want to know something weird? Today was so weird …. Things weren’t going my way and I threw a mini-fit. Pathetic, I know. So then I thought … “Wait – were the chances of that being beneficial and good to my life?” and I answered my own question as to why I didn’t need it. It was eye opening because I know that God was in my head when I made some choices today, and I’m glad He was because I needed Him and He knew that. He knew when to step in. I feel great. It’s amazing the feeling you get when you know that God has been by your side all day, inadvertently making your decisions for you. I didn’t think I could give my life up that easily, but I found out that if you want the best for yourself you have to stop listening to yourself. That is the time to start talking to God. Only He knows what’s best for you, and He can make it happen. In all things God works for the good of those who love him. (Romans 8:28).

God is doing that to you to you know. He wants you; His CHILD, his baby, his precious gem to be free. He wants to take care of you, hold you, be there for you and show you the light. He wants you to inherit His kingdom- You are all princes and princesses of His. He wants you to be happy and experience all the things He has laid out for you. He wants you to be free, and He wants you to know His love. I certainly want it. I know I can have it, and I know everyone else can have it. If he has already given us His love, He will give us more. We just have to stop living for ourselves- can’t you see that’s what is giving us all these problems? Living for ourselves, is making our lust, our desires and sinful nature cause problems that won’t go away. That isn’t living a Godly life, and I’m not saying you have to give up everything you know. If it works for who you may be, then perhaps it is the way to go. I am simply saying that before we act, think, judge, and behave, we need to ask “Is this what You want FOR ME God? Is this what I need?” and trust Him with our lives. He knows it all, He knows what’s best. Trust Him.