We talk a lot about fighting for our freedom but Jesus offers us the freedom not to fight. As we consider the way Jesus used his freedom, to surrender, to allow himself to be arrested in the garden, even to willingly lay down his life, it should give us pause to ask ourselves how we are using our freedom.

Are we really free, or are we bound by our fears and our need for control and survival?

Do we use our freedom to fight for our own rights, or to sacrifice for the sake of others?…