The Way Out – Freedom in Christ
Elizabeth Chalker
August 4, 2026
The Way Out – Freedom in Christ
Show me the way out, Holy Spirit. I have been trapped for decades by serious physical illness and all that goes along with it. Because it has been so long and so intense, I have believed, on some level, the lie — from doctors, from family, from friends, and even from myself (and my circumstances) — that there is no way out into perfect health: LIFE abundant and to the full; freedom, quality of life, and vibrant life — being able to actually live.
What lies have you believed in your life? Really search your heart about this.
But God, with You there is ALWAYS a way to freedom, health, abundance — LIFE. You are the way, Jesus. Holy Spirit, please take my hand and walk me right out of this pit I have been in. Release me from the bondage — the net that has kept me trapped. Help me to see CLEARLY in the natural and OPEN my spiritual eyes to see clearly — in Jesus’ name.
Help me to be FREE, for it is for freedom that Jesus Christ has set me free — to FREELY serve You, Lord! In Jesus’ name. I love You, God.
These are not just private prayers. They point us to a greater truth about what freedom in Christ actually means.
What are we, as children of the Living God, free from? What does freedom in Christ mean?
Paul, in his letters (Galatians, Romans, and 1 Corinthians), speaks about Christian freedom and liberty. As God’s children, we are free from:
• The law — Jesus fulfilled it and took away the condemnation it put on us.
Galatians 5:1: “For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”
• The power of sin having dominion over us. In Christ, each of us has died with Him and been raised with Him — sin is no longer the master over us. The Holy Spirit is the One who drives us!
Romans 6:14: “For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.”
Paul tells us we have already died with Christ to the stoicheia (elemental spirits / elementary principles) of the world — spiritual powers and human religious systems.
Colossians 2:8: “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental principles of the world, and not according to Christ.”
Colossians 2:20: “If with Christ you died to the elemental principles of the world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations…”
Slavery has to do with condemnation and everything that belongs to the curse. Sickness and disease are part of the curse. Harassment, fear, anxiety, unworthiness, self-condemnation, genetic cycles, addictions, jealousy, and timidity are all part of the curse. As children of the Living God, we have been set free from all of it. We have been set free from rejection, false accusations, harassment, timidity, the laws of the Old Testament, religion, and the power of sin.
This freedom from the curse and from every form of bondage is part of the inheritance of every believer in Jesus Christ.
Each of us is free to love and serve:
Galatians 5:13: “For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another.”
Freedom to live by the Spirit:
Galatians 5:16–25: “Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh… If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.” Do not return, therefore, to legalism or religion (self-condemnation, trying to earn God’s love, forgiveness, mercy, healing, or blessing).
We do not have to “earn” salvation — nor could we! We do not have to earn God’s love. We do not have to earn His blessings, His favor, healing, provision, protection, deliverance, rescue, safety, or presence.
We do not have to earn anything.
God has freely given us all things in Christ. We simply receive.
Father God, I receive all things from You now — even the things I do not yet know how to ask for that You have for me. I receive from You now.
How about you? What do you need to lay down today before the Father as you humbly bow before the Holy Spirit and search your own heart for the lies you have been believing that have kept you from being fully free?
I pray today is the day, my brother, my sister, that you truly break free!
Humbly shared,
Elizabeth Chalker
• Romans 2:4
• 2 Peter 3:9
• 1 Timothy 2:3–4
• Ephesians 2:4–7
• Titus 3:4–5
• Matthew 7:11
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