Bondage to Freedom

 Amen. That is the powerful narrative of the Gospel—a journey from captivity to liberation. Here is a poem on that transformative passage.

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From Bondage to Freedom

I dwelt in a house of bondage, In chains I did not see, A prisoner to the lies I told, That kept me from being free.

I served a taskmaster of shame, For wages of despair, And breathed the dust of that dry land, And thought no one was there.

But then a Voice spoke through the gloom, A Word both sharp and sweet, “I have come down to set you free, To give you mercy’s seat.”

It was not with a sword of steel, But with a nail-scarred hand, He broke the locks and snapped the chains, And led me from that land. “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.”(Galatians 5:1)

He led me out from Pharaoh’s reach, Through seas of grace and blood, Into a wide and spacious place, The favor of my God. “He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.”(Psalm 18:19)

The past may whisper, “You’re still bound,” The enemy may lie, But I am free,yes, wholly free— On this truth I rely.

So I will walk in this new way, This liberty He bought, And live the life of promise, In the freedom I was sought.

From bondage… to freedom. Hallelujah,what a Savior!

Amen.