The Sound of Freedom
Do you know what freedom sounds like?
It’s easy to embrace freedom when it sounds like praise and celebration. But to get to that place an unravelling must first occur. Before the sound of triumphant celebration is heard, the sound of freedom can be messy and mournful. Sometimes it is piercing and loud; other times it is fragile and fragmented. For is it not the sound of weights being pulled off, of scorch marks being healed, of broken hearts being pieced together? Was it not through the brutality of the cross that I set you free?
On that day freedom sounded excruciating. For in the air echoed my cries of anguish, the ripping of my flesh, the cracking of whips and the hammering of nails. It was a complete unravelling. But on the other side of such violent turmoil the sound of freedom grew to be triumphantly thunderous. Where there was pain there came joy; where there was brokenness there came beauty.
There is no need to fear the many sounds which freedom makes. Resist the temptation to shrink back from the noise and the mess, for the sound of freedom is triumphant in all of its forms.
Activation: Are there areas of freedom you are contending for? Spend some time sitting with Holy Spirit reflecting on these things. Ask for Heaven’s strategy and then reflect on whether you are ready to partner with these plans. If you are, pray a prayer of surrender. If you are not there yet, pray for increased strength and courage to step into full freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17 (NIV)
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Isaiah 61:1-3 (NLT)
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favour has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies. To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory.
