I have been studying FREEDOM. I am surprised by what I have been learning. We think that we are free when we are "free" to do whatever we WANT to do. But so often, as we pursue pleasure and indulge ourselves, we make choices which ultimately are harmful. We may even become enslaved by addictions to alcohol, gambling, shopping, and .... OH NO ! ... the internet.
We may be caught in a "rat race" trying to buy bigger TV's, fancier phones, more fashionable clothes. Perhaps we have become stressed out and frustrated. We long for more peace of mind, more kindness, more love in our world. It could be that we find we have become like the man in Romans 7:19 "For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing."
However, if we choose to go the way of God, then we find ourselves becoming more and more free. And if we can get to the point where our own will has become the same as God's will, then we have become TRULY FREE. Psalm 143:10 says: "Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness." I like to think of it as:
"Let my will and thy will be one."
