Born To Be Free

The dead man came out,
his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth,
and his face wrapped in a cloth.
Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."
(John 11:44)

Good Morning,

Prison buses parked along the road yesterday. Several inmates cleaned the roadside as guards watched over them. Most likely there was a sense of freedom being outside of the prison as well as a longing to be released and really free.

The gospel of John paints a word picture of living beyond constraints in John 11:44---

The dead man came out: Humanity is dead without the life of Jesus Christ, the Source of True Life. Individuals that surrender self are freed from death to receive His permeating presence of Life.

His hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth: Jesus Christ ultimately provides the energy and power to remove the restraining daily pressures and turmoil that every individual faces. Every day is an opportunity to recommit to living fully and freely.

Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go.": Jesus was present and actively working. He told the people to unbind the cloths that had been wrapped the dead man’s body and let him go. We are born to be free in Christ. God created us to be free from whatever constrains and restrains us every day.

God created every individual to be free of the things that bind and hinder humanity.
Evaluate what circumstances have bound you from living in full freedom.
Seek God and ask to be liberated from pressures.
Live fully and wholly—humanity was born to be free!

Learning with you to live in freedom,
Kerrie

(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2007 All Rights Reserved)