Freedom is?

Freedom is?

When you think about freedom, what picture comes to mind? Do you picture chains breaking, walls crumbing and someone breaking through? Or is it the the quietness of standing before the ocean on a sunny day with the wind blowing through your hair? Have you ever thought that your view on freedom was different from what freedom really is?

Walking through life I don't believe I have ever felt “free” from anything. Everyday I am faced with temptation. There are issues in my life where I would think that I was free from, but then deal with the temptation the next week or month and falling back into that sin again. Was I truly free?

On this quest for freedom, I want to know what the true meaning for freedom is! Does it mean that everyday I will face the temptation, but gain freedom when I choice to not give in to temptation that day? Or does freedom mean I never have to deal with sins that I once dealt with?

The Bible promise us freedom, “For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” 2 Corinthians 3:17 if there is freedom in the Lord then the answer should be simple. As long as we are in the Lord we should be free, right? That leads us to the next question, how do we stay in a consent relationship with God enough to keep us free?

What is freedom?