Freedom is a concept bigger then what we really can perceive isn’t it? I marvel at how I was born in this time and place, living in a country founded upon this very idea. Jesus stood up to declare who He was and why He came to us when He read aloud from the very word written about Him….
Isa 61:1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners…
Is it any wonder the last thing our enemy wants us to have is an understanding of this simple concept? If I am really free then why do I avoid the very freedom I have been given? Why do I still think I am an unforgiven sinner? Why do I still think I need to “do something more” for my freedom?
My answer of course is just as simple as the concept given. My enemy likes to “confuse” me and he is the same lying spirit he’s been since the beginning of time. The best antonym (opposite meaning) for the word confuse is sense, which by definition means “perception”.
We come full circle again to how we “perceive” freedom! I have to admit in lieu of chasing word meanings around, I’d rather just accept God’s word as written. He came to proclaim….I am free! My only requirement is to believe it.