1 Chronicles 9:33 KJV
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers
of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed
in that work day and night.
There is a place, inside of which, a person is free.
We often think if freedom as being without restraints. The fact is,
there are few people more enslaved than the one who knows no bounds.
- He is enslaved to uncertainty, as he holds
no schedule
- He is enslaved to poverty, holding down no
job
- He is enslaved to passions, doing only what
feels good
- He is enslaved to loneliness, his freedom
leaves him without committed friendships
True freedom can only be found inside defined boundaries. While a person
may see those boundaries as preventing him from going outside, he ought to see
them as preventing dangers from entering in. We are only free when we see
clearly where those boundaries are. Inside of them, we have perfect freedom.
There is a kind of freedom then, that a man may have regardless what
state he may find his body in. There is a freedom of soul that is possible even
if the body is
- Wracked in physical pain or
- Bedridden through handicaps or illness or
even
- Imprisoned in the chains of man
Prisoners of war have testified of this freedom. Inmates in the prison
system who have gotten saved, have experienced this freedom. Handicapped
persons such as Fanny Crosby though blind, knew this sort of freedom
The Christian who has trust in God for the outcome of all things is
truly the most free of all. He submits his life to the will of God’s (whether
it seems easy or difficult) but knows God works all things together for good.
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