“Live Free,” was written in fancy letters on the front and on the back of the caravan I saw on the main street of our town today. I live in Kaitaia, in the Far North of New Zealand.

Te Ahu Centre in Kaitaia

Unfortunately I did not have a chance to talk to the people sitting inside the caravan. The person on my side of the road talked to someone on the mobile phone.

There is a yearning in  all of us to “live free”.

The Redemption hymn, “Would you be free from your burden of sin?” comes to my mind. The hymn is written by Lewis E. Jones. The hymn writer gives us also the answer: “There is power, power, wonder-working power in the blood, of the Lamb.”

In John 8:36 the Lord Jesus Christ says, “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”

In John 1:29 John the Baptist, pointing to the Lord Jesus Christ says, “‘Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'”

I am really wondering now what the answer would have been if I would have asked the occupants of the caravan, “Are you living FREE?”