I just read this quote from Beth Moore's book Breaking Free: "Please allow God to engrave this truth on your heart: liberty and authority always go hand in hand."
This flies in the face of what we want to be true: that freedom has no strings attached. We hear terms like "pro-choice" when discussing abortion issues. Now we're hearing "freedom of marketing choice" when discussing removing the viability of the Canadian Wheat Board. I can think of no situation where our 'freedom to choose' does not have consequences and directly affect the choices and freedoms of others.
In abortion, the choice to 'solve a problem' completely overides any choices and freedoms that the unborn baby might have. In the Canadian Wheat Board issue, allowing grain to be marketed freely means that the CWB no longer has the same leverage in global grain trade. The majority of farmers want to have a CWB that can market on their behalf but the freedom of marketing for a minority of farmers can do nothing other than change the face of farming for all farmers.
It seems to me that our thinking is flawed in this area and that true freedom is elusive. Until I realize that Moore's statement is true. True freedom can only exist within the design and parameters of our Creator God. Anything outside of that only has the appearance of freedom.
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