I found this post in my archives and thought I would repost it this morning. I have no idea where it came from, because I don’t recall writing it! Nevertheless, it’s a post I still resonate with…
Where is the Freedom
Like a ball and chain,
the sin that so easily entangles
clenches still, un-abated;
I say, “where is the freedom?”
I have known this ball
from ages past, since childhood I’ve known it,
I drag it still, on ‘n on;
I say, “where is the freedom?”
Why is it with me?
Oh Yahweh, why did you craft this creature
In my mothers womb for me?
I say, “where is the freedom?”
Isn’t it for balls,
no chains of balls you died to set men free?
For freedom’s sake you croaked? Yet,
I say, “where is the freedom?”
Did you lie to me?
Are you powerless to break the bonds and
till the roots that run deeply?
I say, “where is the freedom?”
My Savior, my Christ,
where is the sweet freedom for which I long?
The freedom for which you bled?
The freedom which you promised?
Then I remember:
Ask, seek, knock, enter, follow and know Me.
Lose, die, be weak and last.
This is where freedom is found.
-jeremy
for the longest time, i had just one line of a song stuck in my head…and last night i finally came upon the verse. 2 cor 3: 17…”now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom”…just thought i’d add that, but since you’ve memorized the entire book…i’m sure you already knew it!
it’s been something on my mind for quite a while and ironically you stole the words right from my head! (haha ok, not quite…)
but anyways, i was challenged after last night- i didn’t directly ask you what YOU THOUGHT it means to follow Jesus…so at 1:30 in the morning (yes, too much coffee) i went through the book of Matthew and found the “job description” of what Jesus says it means to follow him.
too bad that DC doesn’t have that list on their agenda…
God bless~
Hey Meghann,
“now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” Yes this is a beautiful thing. And I heard an analogy about a prisoner who is in a jail cell that is unlocked and wide open. The prisoner laments the fact he is in jail, but it is by his choice because he can in fact leave!
And the same is true for us. While some of us are still in jail, it is because we have not counted on the fact that we are free…our freedom is a reality in Christ and we just need to get up and leave. Now that does take some work and may take years to crawl out, but our freedom is still a reality.
Thanks for the reminder of 2 Cor. I didn’t think of that verse and is a great reminder!
-jeremy