Freed by Grace

There I was, a slave to sin and bound by fear. All my life consisted of was beatings from a cruel master. How could I leave? Shackles were all I knew. Darkness was all I had tasted. Without hope, I had no life, no joy, and no love.

Yet I came to know those things- life, joy, and love- through the freedom granted to me. Indeed, it was given, not earned. A slave to a master cannot pay for his freedom when he has nothing. Certainly, this slave to sin could not pay his freedom, for I was dead in my transgressions. But God, rich in mercy, lavished his love and grace upon me by breaking my chains and setting me free.

Now I live, no longer a slave bound by sin, but as a free child of God. I must admit, I often fail to act in such a way. The old cruel master still tempts me to pursue him. Yet my great and good Lord has set me free to love and pursue all that He is with all that I am.

One day, I will be utterly free from sin and suffering. Though my body sleeps for a little time, I will rise to meet my Lord in the air. The trumpet will sound that freedom has come to those still bound by this decaying flesh but who trust in the Lord.

Arrested by love. Freed by grace. Here is the beautiful mystery of redemption. Though I wandered in my flesh, my Savior captured me. I was drawn back into the fold and sealed by the indelible mark of the Spirit. I can be no other's, for I am God's alone.

Yet though I wandered in my flesh, I was still bound as a slave to sin. But now, I am free; for the Truth that is in Christ Jesus has set me free.

I am a slave to Christ, the Good Master, yet I am free from sin to pursue Him forevermore.