The Church Was Designed for Freedom

There are days I ask myself, “Why don’t I feel liberty right now? Am I truly connected to the Spirit of the Lord?” I challenge myself with that question. Why don’t I feel free today?

Because Scripture says, “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” Freedom should still exist even in the middle of battle.

I may be in a valley, but there is still liberty in the valley. There is still a banqueting table prepared before me in the presence of my enemies. God does not remove His presence just because life becomes difficult. Even in warfare, His Spirit still carries peace, freedom, and assurance.

So when I come to a place where I feel like I’ve lost my spirit, lost my fire, or lost my anointing, I have to stop and reflect. It is not the Holy Spirit who moved away. Somewhere along the line, I may have started creating solutions through my own strength, emotions, or understanding rather than fully leaning on the Spirit. But the truth remains: where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

“Lord, teach me.”

Real freedom is not living however I please; it is living the way I should. When the Spirit of the Lord fills your life, freedom does not lead you into rebellion—it leads you into obedience. True liberty aligns us with the design of the Word of God.

As Christians, we find freedom only in Jesus Christ. Any other version of “freedom” eventually drifts into sin, confusion, compromise, or emptiness. Without Jesus in the center, freedom becomes permission for the flesh. It begins accepting things that should never be accepted and normalizing things that are outside God’s nature.

Galatians 5:13–14 says:

“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.”

Freedom is meant to serve others. My freedom is for you, and your freedom is for me.

I was reminded of this during a surprise visit from a pastor friend. He shared something simple but powerful. He said, “I give people grace because I know what God has graced me through.” In other words, if God could extend grace to him through all he had been through, then he wanted to extend grace to others.

Sometimes we need reminders that grace is not earned—it is carried. We are grace carriers because we are freedom carriers. We carry Jesus to one another. Life is not always perfect, but grace always is, even when we fail to recognize it.

Jesus declared in Luke 4:18:

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted…”

Broken-heartedness is more than sadness. It is the shattered pieces inside of us caused by life, wounds, disappointments, and battles. Yet Jesus came to heal every shattered place and proclaim deliverance to the captives.

Colossians 1 reminds us who Jesus truly is:

“And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church…”

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I love that imagery. Jesus is the Head. He is supreme. He is the authority of the Church. He is the cornerstone holding everything together. God established a structure through Christ, and within that structure there is safety, stability, and freedom.

Jesus is the beginning and the end—the true authority above every counterfeit power. When we truly understand who He is, we begin to overcome fear, bondage, confusion, and oppression. Freedom comes through a deeper understanding of Jesus.

If we do not understand how He operates, we will struggle to walk in the freedom He already purchased for us. And I am still learning Him every single day.

The beautiful thing about freedom is that it was never meant to be experienced alone. I think about how mirrors reflect one another. As believers, we reflect Christ to each other, and together we begin to see more of His glory. We are pursuing the same presence, the same power, and the same Jesus.

It is freeing not to walk free alone.

Jesus is the Head, and we are the Body. That means freedom was designed to function within the Church, within relationship, within unity. If we are free in Christ, then we must also learn how to walk free with one another in Christ.

That is Kingdom freedom.