Slavery by the fear of death

Have you ever feared death?

“…all [our] lives were held in slavery by [our] fear of death.” (Heb. 2:15)

I have been a slave. I have feared the process of death, how it was to happen. Cancer? Heart attack? Car accident? And then, what will happen after we die? A light? What is heaven like? I have feared out of not fully knowing. I have been held in slavery by the fear of death.

But this is what God did for us.

“Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in [our] humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death-that is, the devil- and free [us] who all [our] lives were held in slavery by [our] fear of death.” (Hebrews 2:14)

The way to be freed from being held in slavery by the fear of death is through belief that death has been defeated by God.

As we approach death, a death that can happen at any moment, let us hope that we can say, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept my faith.”(2 Tim. 4:7).

Then we will be able to say:

Free at last! Free at last. Thank God almighty, we are free at last.