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Real Freedom!


"We are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us.
We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you."
(2 Chronicles 20:12)

Isn't that a beautiful confession? It is so child-like in its humility and faith. It is, in fact, another Old Testament picture of the gospel. We are powerless to save ourselves. But when we look to God and call on him for deliverance from the impending judgment, he brings about a salvation beyond our wildest imagination.

The reason God orchestrated Jehoshaphat's predicament is the same as his design in the tribulations and crises in our lives: he want us to increasingly find freedom from fear.

You see, real freedom is not the liberty to do what we want, or even the absence of distress. Real freedom is the deep-seated confidence that God really will provide everything we need. The person who believes this is the freest of all persons on earth, because no matter what situation they find themselves in, they have nothing to fear.

But the only way for sinners like us with a bent toward unbelief in God to find this kind of freedom is by experiencing repeatedly God's delivering power and his faithfulness. That's why we are to count it all joy when we meet trials of various kinds (James 1:2). They are making us free.

Jon Bloom - Desiring God Ministries

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Mel said…
"You see, real freedom is not the liberty to do what we want, or even the absence of distress. Real freedom is the deep-seated confidence that God really will provide everything we need. The person who believes this is the freest of all persons on earth, because no matter what situation they find themselves in, they have nothing to fear."

That's me in a nutshell. By God's grace alone, I live very happily in this truth. I am rejoicing with you over this beautiful post. Reading it literally set my heart to racing. :)
December 2, 2008 at 9:20 AM
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