Lyrical Devotions - Freedom!

Dara MaClean - Free

"If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it."

Mt. 10:39

"Hurting heart and broken wings
 Cannot stop Your love from always finding me
 No more days wasting away
 I finally realize the gift inside of me

My strength alone will never be enough
 But Your arms keep lifting me up

You tell me I've been made free
 You give me everything I need to walk in my dreams
 You whisper words that free my soul
 You're the reason I have hope
 You're everything I need and more
 You made me
 You made me free

I was caged in, then You opened
 Every door that held me bound and You gave me the key
 No more pressure I can just breathe
 The girl I tried so hard to be, has always been me

My strength alone will never be enough
 But Your arms keep lifting me up

You tell me I've been made free
 You give me everything I need to walk in my dreams
 You whisper words that free my soul
 You're the reason I have hope
 You're everything I need and more

Now I'm free to love, free to live,
 Free to take my life and give it all to You

You tell me I've been made free
 You give me everything I need to walk in my dreams
 You whisper words that free my soul
 You're the reason I have hope
 You're everything I need and more
 You made me
 You made me free
 You made me
 You made me free "

Every.Single.Time. I hear this song, I smile from ear to ear. It rings a bell with me... loud and clear.

I was caged in by crazy expectations of what I thought I was supposed to do and who I thought I was supposed to be. I was bound to the constant hampster wheel... doing, doing, being, being, and never getting any closer to living up to my interpretation of Proverbs 31.

I jumped off the wheel and let Him unlock the doors of my bondage. There's no more pressure. I can simply be who He has created me to be. That girl that I was always trying to be... the perfect me... I already was. There was no need to be more.

Now there's no more "wasted days", because I finally realize the gift inside of me... it's the freedom of knowing I am who He created me to be, and that my strength will never be enough to accomplish everything I think needs to be done, but He lifts me up, and He tells me...

"I've been made free
 You give me everything I need to walk in my dreams
 You whisper words that free my soul
 You're the reason I have hope
 You're everything I need and more

Now I'm free to love, free to live,
 Free to take my life and give it all to You."