The Road to Freedom

Question to think about: Are you free?

History in the making is rarely noticed until we look backwards in time. There is an enormous sense of the events of the past colliding with the events of today.
November 19, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: President Abraham Lincoln said, " . . . this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom."
The civil war divided the United States but the right for all Americans to be free had been determined. It has been a long road to freedom and yet today . . .
January 20, 2009 in Washington D.C.: The first African-American president of the United States begins as 44th president with the theme of "a new birth of freedom."

There is a need in the heart of humanity to be free of the things that oppress, devalue, and take away the created purpose of God. The idea of freedom is different than the experience of freedom.

Christ, God with us, chose the road to the cross, providing the way for all of humanity to experience complete freedom. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:16-18, New International Version)

Meditate on the words: "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."
Are you free to do what God has created you to do?
Are you completely free?
Travel the road of freedom that leads to the cross where . . .
Oppression is removed.
Freedom is received.
Transformation occurs.

Learning with you to keep on the road of freedom,
Shalom,
Kerrie
(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2009 All Rights Reserved)