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

What a profound statement: "set free for freedom."   

Why say this?   Because we have this tendency to go backward instead of forwards, we have this tendency to return to the things that made us slaves.    You see it in Exodus with the people of Israel, "why didn't you leave us in Egypt?"     Christ has set us free to experience freedom, we have this freedom through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we are meant to live this new life, by the power of this freedom, set free from sin, from its "POWER", its "PULL".

Chuck Swindoll tells a story about a merchant selling quails in the market place.   A man approaches and tells the merchant he would like to purchase them all, however not for food, but rather to set them free.   The merchant cuts the string tied to one leg of the quail and it takes about a minute or two from them to realize they are free, once they do they fly off about 30 yards and begin to walk in circles as if they were still tied to the ground.

This story reminds me of two important things:

1. Grace is not cheap

 Christ Purchased our Freedom

2. We have been set free to stay free

We should learn to not return to the old patterns, the ways of slavery, the things that stall us, that bind us up.