The Kind Of Freedom Only God Can Give

This reflection explores the freedom and peace that come from living in God’s presence, as written by Karin Hadadan. Likewise, Rebecca Simon’s Finding God Every Day encourages readers to grow in faith and experience God’s transforming work in everyday life.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

2 Corinthians 3:17

True freedom isn’t found in external circumstances or the removal of life’s challenges—it’s discovered in the sacred space where divine presence meets human awareness. When we align with the Spirit within us, every limitation dissolves into possibility, every fear transforms into love and every burden becomes an invitation to remember who we truly are.

The freedom Paul speaks of isn’t political or social liberation, though it can transform those areas too. This is the deep, unshakeable freedom that emerges when we stop trying to control life from our limited perspective and instead allow divine flow to move through us. It’s the freedom from the need to be perfect, the freedom from others’ opinions, the freedom from the illusion that we are separate from the Source of all life.

Each day, we have countless opportunities to choose this freedom. When anxiety arises, we can breathe into God’s presence. When relationships feel strained, we can access the love that never runs dry. When work feels meaningless, we can infuse it with sacred purpose. The soul doesn’t wait for perfect conditions—it operates in the midst of our messy, beautiful, complicated human existence.

This freedom becomes our natural state when we remember that the same divine essence that animated Jesus flows through us now. We are not broken beings trying to find God—we are divine beings remembering our true nature. From this place of inner freedom, we naturally extend liberty to others, creating ripples of transformation wherever we go.