Depth of Freedom

God gave me freedom. The freedom to be myself, to be free from people's opinions, freedom from an inferiority complex... freedom from many things. Often the freedom is associated with the flight and I agree with this. Because when I look at the birds that are flying and it gives an impression that the forces of gravity don`t exist for them - they're free. I like this feeling of freedom and I really appreciate it. But freedom has depth.

And recently God has showed me that the freedom which He gave to me is like a lifeline. I hold on to my freedom, and I understand that if I let go of it and I again will sink. And it's pure truth! My lifesaver are revelations that the Lord has given me; these are His promises, which are written in the Bible; His nearness, which He revealed to me.
But all the same you will agree that swimming with lifeline is not the fullness of freedom! And now I notice that God gradually taught me to swim. And this is scary, because here I need to trust the hands of the Heavenly Father.
My first depth of freedom was when He asked me a question : «Are you free as much that you can stay?». He reminded me of a story, when Paul was in prison and an earthquake opened all the doors and bands were loosed. For Paul and the other prisoners it was a chance to get away from the prison - freedom came. In the same prison was the security guard who saw everything, he thought that all the prisoners were gone, and he wanted to kill himself. And this is the first depth of true freedom: Paul,  having the opportunity to escape from prison, chose to stay. I think this is the real power of freedom! The story ended with the  fact that Paul said to the guard not to  kill himself, because they were all there. The result of their choice to stay was great: the guard was left to live, he and all his family received Christ in their hearts, and with all this, the guard  washed them all their wounds, which they received while they were in  prison and rejoiced with them that he was saved. Isn't it the beautiful freedom at this depth?
Yes it is a risk to remain with those who inprisoned you. And I often went away when there was an opportunity to leave. Because I was not so free to stay. And I know that God is not angry with me, because He saw  my level of freedom and I always tried to be sincere with Him. I knew that if I stayed with these people or in these circumstances, I would lose everything that has been received. And I was holding on to the lifeline, which God gave me . Better than nothing. But the fact is that Dad always wants for me best of all, He wants me to know in all its fullness what freedom is. And what a happiness it is to be able to swim!
There are many different depths in the liberty where is my Dad. For example, freedom to let a man go away. This is quite a terrible depth, because here is still a sense of  affection. When you love someone very much, and you really want that everything was good with the man and you're ready all the time to  help and support him, but he wants to go. And you let go and don't know whether he comes back  or not. What will be the fruit of my choice? But probably, it is freedom which respects the freedom of another.
Or another depth of freedom: the freedom that does not tempt. I'm free to do anything, but am I free enough to do something in spite of myself, to save the other. 1 Corinthians 10: 28-33 « ...if any man shall say unto you, this is offered in sacrifice unto idols, - do not eat it for the sake of the man who told you ... for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?.. do not feed the temptations... as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the many, that they may be saved». In Matthew 17: 25-27 says about the same depth: I'm free not to do anything, but will I do this in order not to offend others?
There a lot of depth in freedom and each of them is beautiful.
God is my freedom, and He certainly has and height for the flight and depth for the dive.