I have officially started college, well not classes but living the life. So far my favorite day has been Sunday, a day jam-packed with worship. I attend the URC and in the evening attended the all- campus Praise & Worship where the whole auditorium was full of people, all unique, all different, yet with one thread in common : we serve the LORD. We sang together, we knelt in prayer together, we embraced and got to kow eachother a bit better. It seems all my insecurities that popped into my head as we drove up were washed away and replaced with joy and peace, and a desire to stay living in this way. It's amazing how for a long time I was excited about the freedom that College would bring -life on my own, no parental supervision, etc. And then the Pastor at Church put it into perspective for me quoting
"Freedom is best when the boundaries are well-defined"
He then went on the give an illutration of a fish in a tank wanting freedom from the walls around him, but when he got out he died; 'freedom' killed him. It is the same way with us, when we try to free ourselves from God's rules we die to sin and lose our true liberty.
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor."
