Our Deliverer

My fascination with Texas history in general, and the Alamo in specific, began my seventh-grade year. My Texas history teacher, Dub Crocker, taught about the Alamo in a way I’d never heard. He was passionate and personal. We studied the 13-day siege in depth, and the three warriors many revere as the Texas Trinity – William Barrett Travis, James Bowie, and the “Lion of the West,” Davy Crocket.

 They lost their battle on March 6, 1836, but were instrumental in winning the war! 

You don’t have to be black to revere Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. or Catholic to love Mother Theresa. You don’t have to be a Texan to love the men who fought and died trying to defeat the evil dictator, Santa Anna.

 Oh, the fight for freedom! There’s something special about those who battle darkness to unlock the chains of those in bondage. I’ve noticed that, while not all revolutionaries are Godly people, Godly people are always revolutionaries. We love freedom!

 Yes, a true characterizing of the love of God is to hate bondage and oppression! Nearly 2,000 years before the freedom-fighting Texans fell at the Alamo, Jesus Christ was lifted on the cross.

 He hated oppression and bondage to sin and the devil so much, He was willing to die to overcome it.

 Get this straight: Jesus is not your jailer or your warden. He is your Deliverer. The Bible says that whom He sets free is “free indeed!”

 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. – Galatians 5:1

 It is my humble opinion that Jesus is the only way to have the freedom to forgive, to have joy and peace, to love, and to pursue a life of passion that makes a difference to others. Take advantage of this free gift!  Acknowledge Him as your Savior today!