Setting Men Free

What a joyous day! I hung on last night until 3 AM hoping to see something of the elections in Iraq. It was just a tease. This morning, after my quiet time, I finally went to the blogs to see if there was any news. What joy! Powerline and others had photos of long lines and Shepard Smith on Fox is showing other visually impacting insights.

The people came out. Butchers who cut off innocent workers heads and indiscriminate bombers of women and children could not stop the yearning in the heart of man to live free. First it was a trickle then a flood. Men and women bursting out of their bonds and casting aside fear went to the polling places and stood in line for hours until they finally could simply have a voice in what they hoped for. Self-determination is a powerful drive. Hope is powerful motivation.

Oh, if only men and women everywhere could discern and see that they are also in bondage in the spiritual areas of life. Slaves to anger, fear, lust, power. These are the source of the individual bondages of man. The things that keep us from living free and letting our light shine. Our will, when in bondage, is to do the will of our spiritual captive who has come to “steal, kill, and destroy.” Who will set us free from such a life of self-destruction? Self-defeat? Futility? Meaninglessness?

God’s method of justice is not the same as mans. Mans drive for freedom causes him to take risks, cast aside fear and rise up to simply cast a ballot following a blitz of bombs, death and mayhem that drives the enemy back. God’s method is to turn up the anointing, the “light,” the “ring” of truth in individuals who walk in His presence until the darkness flees around them.

Mans methods lasts for a season, when they work at all. God’s method sets individuals free for eternity. “He who the Son sets free is free indeed.”

If our joy is with tears when man works his methods, how much more will our joy be when we see God’s ultimate plan exposed at its completion? And eternal freedom is coming, as sure as the dawn. Glory!