"Being Set Free Indeed"

I know that I might sound like I am repeating myself, over and over; but the measure of what we are in Christ is based upon how much of what we have been given that we accept. Does that mean we are all not given the same opportunities to be used by God? Yes and No. No, because with God there is no respecter of persons, and yes, because God will use some more than others. However, the thing that I see happening involves a person accepting the freedom that he has been given, and then celebrating that liberty to the fullest degree. It's not that that person might have been given more liberty than someone else; the real reason that they are used by God more than some others, is that they have accepted more liberty to be used. Right about now you might be thinking that I don't know what I am talking about; accepting more liberty? How is that possible? It is kind of like when someone comes to this country to accept the freedoms that we once cherished; they come expecting to be given freedom to be all that they can be; and many of them are successful at achieving more than those that were born into this freedom, why? Because they are celebrating the freedom that they have been given; which adds a certain energy to the process of achievement. It is not that they have more freedom than others; and the reality might be that they actually have less than those that have been born here; but what freedoms that they have been given, they use them to their fullest degree. I believe that this is much the same for those that serve in ministry because they are set free; not those that serve in ministry to be in ministry, because they are motivated by another purpose; but those that serve because they are celebrating the freedom that they have been given, and want to see others set free also; why? Why would seeing others set free also be so important? Because it adds to the celebration!!! "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God: Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began; but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles." (2 Timothy 1:7-11)