_(a)_ A great aim for our lives high above these.
_(b)_ A foothold in Him outside of them. We are not the slaves of our
circumstances, but their masters.
_(c)_ The power to utilise them.
So Christians are 'free' in all senses of the word.
The great Act of Emancipation has been passed for us all. Only Christ
has rule over us, and we have our perfect freedom in His service. We
have been sitting in the prison-house, and He has come and declared
'The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me to proclaim liberty to the captives.'