Wild & Free

Oh to live wild and free! There is
a desire deep in my spirit to live wild and free before God. When religious
people hear that phrase they think that it means living with carnal desires
unchecked; a life abandoned to pleasure-seeking. But that is far far beneath what
I mean. I mean truly free. I mean to soar so far above the noisy world as to
render it mute. I mean to exist where the sin issue is so irrelevant that one
does not have to live with the constant hesitancy and censure indicative of the
fear of impure motives. I mean to exist in a place of such oneness with Christ
that the fire of one’s soul blazes unfettered and the life of Christ is
unleashed from one’s life like gushing rivers of living water! Oh to live wild
and free!

I imagine what living wild and free
looks like…

Proverbs 30:18-19 ESV

Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not
understand:

the way of an eagle in the sky,

the way of a serpent on a rock,

the way of a ship on the high seas,

and the way of a man with a virgin.

It looks like something doing exactly what it was created to do! I can imagine that eagle soaring on the wind… It is not thinking in the least about glorifying God or serving God or trying to be righteous or trying to be anything! It is completely present to the moment! Its wings adjust to the wind without a thought. Feathers ruffling in the wind. Eyes scanning far below. It is majestic without a thought about majesty. It is beautiful without pursuing beauty. God spoke it into being and therefore it manifests that creative word in every moment. It was born to fly!

I believe this is what Christ died
for. John 8:35-36 says:

Jesus
answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a
slave to sin. The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains
forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Christ came so that we could be
free…forever. Forever unfettered from sin and free to be united with Christ in
eternal life! You can choose emancipation today and leave the slave-house of
sin. In contrast, if you take up the offer of freedom in Christ, you become a
son not a slave… and a son is always a son… free forever. Some say that since
the fall of Adam, man’s natural inclination is toward sin. I am not sure that
what happened in the Garden of Eden is that simple but I am sure that Christ
came to birth in us a natural inclination toward righteous. We were not born again to merely have victory
over our sinful desires but to completely conquer the very desire to sin! We
are born again with the spiritual DNA of our Heavenly Father. That means righteousness
is in our genes! This I believe, is the truth that the enemy does not want
us to know. He wants us to live a life of constant strife. That is not freedom.
We were made for more! Still don’t believe me? Listen to the prelude to John
8:36 as Christ teaches in the temple:

John 8:28-30

So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the
Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own
authority, but speak just as the Father taught me. And he who sent me is with
me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to
him.” As he was saying these things, many believed in him.

Jesus says some interesting things
here. He says that He does nothing of His own authority and that He always
does the things that are pleasing to His Father. Then He goes on:

John 8:31-32

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If
you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth,
and the truth will set you free.”

First of all, Jesus says that
everything He does flows from His Father’s will and therefore He always pleases
Him. Secondly, He tells the Jews that if they continually obey His word, they
will know Him (the truth) and He will set them free. I believe the connection
between those two thoughts is inescapable. They would be free to do what? Free
to please the Father, always, just like Jesus!

Oh to be wild and free! Oh that my
every thought, word and deed would be pleasing to Thee oh God! My Father, I
have your genes. Let me manifest my true identity as Your son! Holy Spirit
guide me into the abiding oneness with Christ; into complete and eternal
freedom!