What Will You Do With Your Freedom?

Who Will You Serve When You're Free?

If I’m free, why would I serve? Who would I serve? Is it possible not to serve? Does being free mean I don’t have to serve? What does freedom mean anyway? Am I free to just be my own person, my own boss? 

How you view these questions might be determined by how you view God and the devil or good versus evil and whether there is some middle ground between them or not. If you are of the persuasion there is some middle ground, you might think neutrality is an option. May I challenge your thinking? Stop viewing the two sides as equal. They are not. This is not a yen and a yang tug of war balancing act. God is the Creator. Lucifer was created by God, but he chose the “not God” column and became the fallen one we know as the devil. And he is a lesser character, not an equal with God. So it’s not God or the devil. It’s only God or not God. Two choices. 

Back to Freedom. Freedom does not mean free from…only. When you are set free from something, you are set free to something else. No free agents here. There is no floating freedom not attached to anything. You are either free from or free to, and that makes you a slave either way. What?! How can you be free and be a slave at the same time? The Bible says that we are slaves either to sin or to righteousness and that the one whom we obey is considered our master. Romans 6 lays this out beautifully for us.

Romans 6: 16-18 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 

Consider love when you consider your master. Does your master love you? If we all have to be slaves, I would think it would matter to us who our master is and what he is like. It is a beautiful thing that we get to choose our master. Sounds a bit like freedom, doesn’t it? John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” 

“You are not your own; you were bought with a price.” —1 Corinthians 6:19–20

These aren’t just poetic words—they’re a truth that reshapes everything.

Jesus didn’t just save you from something—He saved you unto Himself. He paid the ransom with His own blood—not just to release you from sin, but to bring you into relationship, into purpose, into love.

“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

But here’s the part we don’t like to admit: if you run anywhere but to His arms, you fall right back into what He set you free from.

Freedom is not wandering. It’s not floating in neutrality. Freedom is a direction—toward Him. He is the way of freedom. He is life. He is Love. He created you for Himself, but sin severed that bond.

“All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ…” —2 Corinthians 5:18

And so He did the unthinkable—He reconciled us back to Himself.

But you still have to choose Him.

“Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve…” —Joshua 24:15

Yes, He paid for your freedom, but you still must decide who you will serve. And there are only two choices. Some might call it choosing between God or the devil. But really, it’s between God and not God. That “not God” category? It’s massive. It includes idols, distractions, pride, career obsessions, even choosing yourself day after day.

Not everyone bows to Satan—but many still miss Heaven because they simply never bowed to God.

You don’t have to be a devil worshiper to be separated from God. You just have to choose something—anything—other than Him. That’s all it takes. There is no third column. No spiritual Switzerland.

“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.” —Matthew 12:30

Neutrality doesn’t exist in the kingdom of God. 

Two choices. Two paths. Two columns: 

Sheep or goats. 

Wheat or tares. 

Light or darkness. 

(See Matthew 25:31–46 and Matthew 13:24–30)

Because we have free will, we get to love God back. We get to respond with gratitude. Or we can choose not to. But to reject Him—even passively—is to reject the price He paid. And to reject that price is to cheapen His sacrifice.

“How shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation?” —Hebrews 2:3

He died for all. His desire is that none should perish (2 Peter 3:9). But sadly, many won’t choose wisely.

Some people think they’re avoiding the conflict between good and evil by not choosing a side. They imagine they’re safe in some middle ground, quietly living their truth. But friend, that middle ground doesn’t exist.

“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already…” —John 3:18

The cross demands a choice.

At some point in every life, we all arrive at a crossroads. And the direction you choose determines everything.

Will you choose Love over self?

Will you trust the One who created you?

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” —Proverbs 3:5–6

He knows your purpose because He gave it to you. If you want to know what you were made for, you must know Him.

There is a path that leads to life. That path is a person. His name is Jesus.

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” —John 14:6

My prayer is that you choose that path. Choose life. Choose Him.

Love in Christ, 

Jason Davidson