The Ultimate Goal

                                                    

                                                                                                                               By: Maxine Mullivan

Freedom!! A condition of liberty, The Ultimate Goal unrestrained from what “EVIL” would dictate

Exempt from unfair laws & rules, which an unjust society would create

Free to live within fair laws, independent, but in a good community participate

We live in a wonderful “land of the free, home of the brave”

It’s our free choice to ELECT our leaders, HOPING they know how to behave

Lady Liberty has promised to welcome, not in any way enslave

But are you really free…even without visible chains in sight?

Many have apprehension, anxiety and dread that holds them tight

With simply a HOPELESS feeling, not knowing how to fight

Secrets of the past, addictions of the present keep us awake at night

Guilt is one of the strangest, hardest shackle to break and move from darkness to light

Or self-condemnation over something done, or what we didn’t do, things that need to be made right

For when the conscience is ignored, the soul will pay a very high cost

Because sins committed or sins of omission BIND the spirit…sense of freedom is tossed

Since freedom is everyone’s ultimate goal, that inner peace is lost

How then can we be FREE of condemnation of others OR self-inflicted turmoil?

God said, “Call on ME in the day of trouble and I’ll deliver you”…the stress will recoil

By relying on the Holy Spirit, trusting that Satan’s plan God will spoil

For Satan continually tries to enslave by falsehoods, rumors, misinformation and deceiving

Like the half-truth he told Eve, by questioning what God had said, leaving her unbelieving

Thus freedom to roam the garden was lost, their hearts the 1^st to know grieving

Satan would love all humans to be in bondage to him, it’s his ULTIMATE goal

To keep them separated from God’s love, divided & LOST as a whole

Whereas God’s plan was to send HIS own Son to die, set free every soul

His death would be SACRIFICAL, He GAVE His life on the cross…not from what Pilate had to say

The Father’s love for all the world, this death & resurrection would convey

The penalty for sin is eternal death, but this Judgement, His act of love would pay

You can accept this liberating Gift and have your soul be set eternally free

Simply believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, be saved by the Freedom granted on Calvary’s tree

Free!! An all-inclusive pardon, no strings attached, all by Faith’s decree

Jesus said while here on earth, “You shall know the truth, and TRUTH shall set you free”

That “who-so-ever commits sin is slave to sin”, a truthful fact all can see

But that those whom the SON sets free are free INDEED…a positive guarantee

Now you may be in a prison cell, shackled by illness, or bound by mental strain

Or perhaps accumulating debt caused by overused credit…desires that go unrestrained

With all types of worries it’s often hard to, a sense of freedom maintain

Even as a Christian we frequently wear chains of heavy burden…such as fear

Trying to figure out WHAT the future holds…tomorrow!!, what will appear?

But by trusting God’s Holy Word we’ll be confident that one day He’ll dry every tear

When you’re young, thoughts of death are way off in the distant

You are free to dream, make plans, making them come true IF you’re persistent

But REMEMBER, it’s God who determines the future and that HIS plans are consistent

Now, as the years add up, thoughts of death become far more real

We think in terms of TODAY, not way down the road, with tomorrow we may NOT have to deal

But when you belong to Christ, believe in His promises, the future has His seal

To those chains of fear of WHAT lies beyond the grave we’ll no longer be bound

Because we’ll either be caught up to meet Him in the air at the last trumpet’s sound

Or arise in victory on that day, at last TOTAL FREEDOM will be found