DAILY READINGS IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST - J.R. Miller

August 31. Christ's Yoke True Freedom

"We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of anyone." John 8:33 

The illusion of freedom, while one is really in chains, is not altogether rare. A great many people living in sin imagine they are the only free people there are. They have thrown off the restraints of religion and of law, and they think they are free, while they regard those who follow Christ as slaves. Sin plays strange tricks with men. Insane people sometimes deck themselves out in tinsel, and imagine that they are some great personages. The devil often puts similar notions into the heads of his deluded followers. None are free but those who wear Christ's yoke.

NOTE: I will add to Mr. Miller's commentary that many mistake self-will for free will. There is not will that is Free apart from that which conforms to the Will of God. (JLO)