I read a story about Abraham Lincoln at a slave auction. He noticed a young woman glaring at everyone with hate and contempt. She had no doubt been used and abused all her life. Now, being on the auction block was just another part of her humiliation. He was so moved that when the bidding started, Lincoln offered a large sum of money, and kept bidding until he won. He paid the auctioneer and received her title. The young woman followed Lincoln home, but the look of contempt never left her face. She asked Lincoln what he was going to do with her. He said, “I’m going to set you free.” “Free? Free for what?” she asked. “Just free. Completely free,” Lincoln replied. “Free to do whatever I want to do?” “Yes.” “Free to say what I want to say and go where I want to go?” “Yes.” Lincoln continued to answer the flood of questions that came from this woman’s unbelief. Realizing it was true, she finally said, “Then if I’m free, I want to go with you.” It was a grateful response.

Jesus Christ has bought you to set you free from your slavery to sin, death and the devil. That is the certainty that belongs to those who have put their faith in Him. And that should lead you and me to the grateful response of saying, “I want to go with You.”

How will you live today in response to knowing that Jesus has set you free?