Captivated By Freedom (in Christ)

This week I was challenged by a speaker who asked; 

Do we dwell on the love God has for us?

Do you we ponder his earthly mission

to try to grasp what He went through to prove it?! 

I’m captivated by the love that sets the prisoner free

By grace that sealed death’s pardon on the cross of Calvary

Ah, universal and eternal, glorious release

Where wonder becomes worship as we hail the Prince of peace

I’m captivated by the fount from whence all blessings swell

In mercies far too manifold for tongue or pen to tell

Ah, who can understand the love that naught can comprehend

No height or depth or breadth of thought is able to transcend

I’m captivated by the freedom utter faith receives

By power in surrender that only Belief achieves

Ah, who are we that that He who authored all with ‘let there be’

Foreknew in the beginning the climax of victory

I’m captivated by the Presence sight cannot behold

By He who is within us and has overcome the world

Ah, yes! Our Creator is greater than anything

The mighty Mediator twixt the serpent and its sting

I’m captivated by the Hope the Shepherd gives His sheep

By the assuring promises that we know He will keep

Ah, though we do not know the high and lows that we must face

I’m captivated by the love that grants sufficient grace

© Janet Martin

1 Corinthians 6:12 

 "Everything is permissible for me" - but not everything is beneficial.
 "Everything is permissile for me" -
 but I will not be mastered by anything.

John 8:36 

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Galatians 5:1 

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. 

Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again 

by a yoke of slavery.