If the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed —John 8:36
We are designed with a great capacity for God., but sin and individuality keeps us from getting to Him. God delivers us from sin— we have to deliver ourselves from our individuality.Individuality is highly treasured in our society. We are taught to “be me” and that being “different” or “who we are” is a right. If it is a right, it is to be sacrificed to God.
It is what Paul meant in Galatians 2:20 when he said, “I have been crucified with Christ . . . .” His individuality had been broken and his spirit had been united with his Lord; not just merged into Him, but made one with Him. “. . . you shall be free indeed”— free to the very core of your being; free from the inside to the outside. We tend to rely on our own energy, instead of being energized by the power that comes from identification with Jesus.
When other see us they should see Him, and we can’t allow our personality and pride to get in the way. Consider all they energy we expend putting up the image that we claim is “me.” We aren’t really fooling anyone, least of all ourselves. Much of our pain arises from the fear that others may get to know the “real me”, the me who fears, is unsure of our worth, in fact convinced of our worthlessness. Freedom isn’t there. Freedom is in Him, freedom indeed.
Nick
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