Isaiah 61:1

Brian and I watched Robin Hood the other night. You know, the one with Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman? I had actually never seen it until the other night, but apparently it was very popular in the early '90s.

One of the first scenes takes place on the inside of the Sheriff of Nottingham's prison. Robin of Loxley breaks free from the prison guards and starts setting people free. But he can't set everyone free... there's so little time before reinforcements come and take control of the ruckus that Robin has caused. And so there are many men who only watch Robin set others free, knowing all the while that they will remain there in the prison.

I could barely watch the rest of the movie because this thought kept racing through my mind:

Jesus Christ has come to set ALL of His people free. There are absolutely NO time restraints that get in His way. He does not fear the enemy's "reinforcements" (in fact, He uses the enemy as part of His grand scheme of setting us free).

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound. Isaiah 61:1, ESV

Isn't that great news?
That He has come to bring us Himself and that He sets us free from bondage. And nothing stops Him from getting to us? Nothing. NO THING.

I am completely overwhelmed by this fact this morning.