Freedom and Bondage

 March 29, 2024

Tonight I want to share some thoughts from Dr. W.H. Griffith Thomas. He writes,

“One reason many have never realized their bondage to sin may seem very paradoxical, but it is, nevertheless, very true. It is because they have never tried to get free. There is a yard where a dog is heavily chained. The dog however, is fast asleep, and so he does not realize his bondage. Later one e may even notice the dog eating his food, still chained, but as the food is close to the kennel his chain is not irksome, and he is thus still unconscious of his bondage. Gut soon comes the owner of the dog who, forgetting the chain, calls the dog. The animal sprints up, eager to reach his master. What happens the? All his efforts are in vain, and now for the first time he feels the irksomeness and restraint of his fetters. It is exactly similar with sin. Try to get free, and you feel your bondage.”

This is very good news! If you are struggling, it means you are trying to be free. If there is no struggle, no conviction, no sorrow over sin, maybe it’s because you’ve grown so accustomed to it that you don’t even realize the bondage you’re in. Struggling against sin isn’t pleasant, but the struggle at least is indication of conviction, and where there is conviction, there is the possibility of redemption and freedom in Christ.