[2 Corinthians 3, Proverbs 25]

H – 2 Corinthians 3:17, “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”

E – Freedom!

When I hear the word “freedom” it doesn’t take long for me to hear the words of William Wallace from the movie Braveheart ring “FREEEDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!” The cool thing is that there really was a man named William Wallace and he really did sacrifice his life for the freedom of Scottish independence from England. 

There is a price for freedom. 1 Corinthians 6:20 says that your freedom was bought with a price through the blood of Jesus. And, His blood does not just bring a half measure of freedom. The Bible says you become free indeed (John 8:36). 

When one confesses their need for Jesus and is saved by His great grace, He promises that His Spirit will be placed in the new believer. For me, when I confessed my need for Jesus and my desire to be saved, it was like a thousand pounds of weight lifted off my shoulders. It was like instant freedom from my sin, selfishness, and the bondage that it brought. 

I can’t explain it, but when I committed to go deeper in the study of His Word and desired to live a life of obedience, it brought freedom. 

When I quit running from my call to be a minister of the Gospel and surrendered my life to be used any way that He saw fit, yep unexplained freedom. 

When my family, by faith, sold everything we owned and moved to a place that we felt the Lord leading us to, there was this crazy freedom. 

Even now, this morning, while reading His Word, allowing His Spirit to work in conjunction with His Word, there is Freedom. 

Why? Because when we allow the Spirit of God to be active in our lives there cannot not be Freedom. From the moment of Salvation to the right now of being in intimate relationship with Him, freedom. 

Freedom is knowing my commendation is from the Lord (3:3), my confidence is through the Lord (3:4), my sufficiency is found in the Lord (3:5), and my transformation can only come from the Lord (3:18). 

Because of this freedom, I should never desire to go back to the place of bondage. My heart’s desire should be freedom. 

A – As I thought how to apply this highlighted passage my mind went to Galatians 5:1, “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” So, may I stand firm in freedom, clinging to Jesus, and flee the easiness of sin that brings a life of slavery. May my spiritual cry be that of William Wallace, FRREEEEDDDOOOOM!

R – Lord God, thank you for freedom. Thank you for saving my life. Thank you for the countless rescues of second chances. Thank you for meeting with me this morning. Thank you for your Spirit that is unwavering and unending. Lord God, I pray you would continue to pour out your Spirit on my life and I would be able to walk and minister from an overflow of freedom. I pray for those that have not experienced and are not experiencing your freedom. Lord, save, please! 

In Jesus Name!