Defining Freedom

“Freedom is a fundamental yet multifaceted concept, encompassing various dimensions of the human experience.” …or at least that is what some people might tell you.

Growing up in Midwestern America, freedom has always been synonymous with liberty. What do I have the right to?

But our rights do not merit our worth nor our value. Freedom is not about rights or rewards.

Real value and worth hold volume. They can be a lot to carry. But the blessing is in the burden. A weightless life will pan out cheap and meaningless.

Freedom is defined as being given the ability to take responsibility of our own personal character as individuals and, after owning that responsibility, using it to love the people around us as if they carry the same worth and value… because they do.

Freedom isn’t about what we can get. It’s about what we can give. The greater our capacity for love the greater our capacity for freedom. The more we give out of love the more we reflect God’s heart, and the more we experience the true joy of freedom in Christ.

Fortunately, we have the ability to grow because personally, I suck at being free.

Galatians 5:13 - “For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”