Sisters for Yah

Freedom!

by Anonymous

A number of years ago, game wardens attempted to help a Canadian goose that flew into Wisconsin with an arrow lodged in her body. They tried to catch her using tranquilizer-laced grain, but she avoided eating it. The poor goose even managed to evade the cannon-fired nets that were hurled at her. After a month, the goose became so exhausted that the game wardens were able to trap her and remove the arrow with surgery. The goose recovered fully and was able to be returned to freedom. If the goose could think, it is easy to imagine her wondering why she had stayed away from those nice people for so long!

The goose was not much different from the people Yahshua spoke to in His day. They were trapped by sin and needed to be set free, but they didn't trust Yahshua. They didn't understand that He wanted to set them free from the sin they couldn't escape on their own (see Galations 5:1). They mistook His motives for those of a captor. What He was asking them to do sure sounded like slavery to them. And no self-respecting sons of Abraham were about to become slaves. What they failed to see was that only in giving up control of their lives could they be truly free.

Being Yahshua’s followers means becoming a slave in order to be free; becoming weak so that through His strength we may become strong. Following Yahshua is not struggling to stay aloft with a broken wing or a serious wound. It is being secure in the One who loves us enough to capture us and cure us, even when we want to go the other way. Ask yourself: In what way does pride keep me from enjoying the full benefits of belonging to Yahshua? The only way to be free is to let Yahshua take a hold of you. “If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” (John 8:36)

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