Thoughts

FREE
Especially on a day like this, we are reminded of our freedoms. And not just freedom from tyranny or oppression, but also from the bondage of sin. Here are the lyrics to one of the most powerful songs in Christian music ever. Please read them completely and let them sink in.

Free
Steven Curtis Chapman

The sun was beating down inside
The walls of stone and razor wire
As we made our way across the prison yard
I felt my heart begin to race
As we drew nearer to the place
Where they say that death is waiting in the dark
The slamming doors of iron echoed through the halls
Where despair holds life within its cruel claws
But then I met a man whose face
Seemed so strangely out of place
A blinding light of hope was shining in his eyes
And with repentance in his voice
He told me of his tragic choice
That led him to this place where he must pay the price
But then his voice grew strong
As he began to tell
About the One he said had rescued him from hell
He said ...

I'm free, yeah, oh I have been forgiven
God's love has taken off my chains
And given me these wings
And I'm free, yeah, yeah, and the freedom I've been given
Is something that not even death can take away from me
Because I'm free
Jesus set me free

We said a prayer and said goodbye
And tears began to fill my eyes
As I stepped back out into the blinding sun
And even as I drove away I found that I could not escape
The way he spoke of what the grace of God had done
I thought about how sin had sentenced us to die
And how God gave His only Son so you and I could say ...

And if the Son has set you free,
Oh, if the Son has set you free
Then you are free indeed
You are really free
If the Son has set you free
Oh, if the Son has set you free
Then you are free, really , really free

Oh we're free, yeah, oh, we have been forgiven
God's grace has broken every chain
And given us these wings
And we're free, yeah, yeah, and the freedom we've been given
Is something that not even death can take from you and me
Because we're free, yeah, the freedom we've been given
Is something that not even death can take from you and me
Because we're free, oh we're free
We are free, we are free
The Song has set us free

If the Son has set us free
You are free indeed.