Freedom in Christ: Embodying Grace, Not Religion

For the longest time, the phrase "freedom in Christ" was one I heard often but never truly understood. As a Christian, it was something I repeated, even longed for, but the reality of it felt distant, almost like a concept rather than a lived experience. It’s only now, after walking through my own journey of healing, stripping back religious conditioning, and leaning into embodiment, that I have come to know the truth of this freedom. And it isn’t just a mental knowing it’s an embodied experience.

Scripture tells us in Romans 8:3,

“For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son...”

Jesus did what the law could never accomplish. He didn’t just teach truth He embodied it. He lived with compassion, humility, surrender, and love. He didn’t react from ego or pride, but responded from union with the Father. His life wasn’t transactional He wasn’t looking for something in return. He simply gave. He gave love. He gave presence. He gave healing. He gave Himself.

And yet, so many of us grow up in Christian circles where we are taught rules. Structure. Guidelines. Expectations. There’s often a checklist of behaviours and moral standards designed to help us be "more like Christ," but in reality, it can often do the opposite. When we fall short which we will we feel shame, guilt, or embarrassment. We hide. We perform. We try harder. But these are the very things Christ came to set us free from.

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free...” – Galatians 5:1

Freedom in Christ means we are not bound by shame, guilt, or fear. But how can we understand that freedom when our nervous systems have been trained to feel unsafe the moment we mess up? When our bodies hold the weight of unworthiness, disappointment, or condemnation?

This is where the embodied experience matters.

Freedom isn’t found in religious performance. It’s found in presence in allowing Christ in us to transform us from within. Our bodies, not just our minds, need to know that we are safe. That we are loved. That we are enough.

“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit...?” – 1 Corinthians 6:19

Our bodies are the instruments of grace.

When we allow ourselves to sit with our discomfort rather than run from it, when we bring to God the parts of us we’ve hidden or judged, when we surrender not just our behaviours but our entire being, that’s when we begin to feel His compassion move through us.

And in that moment, there is no need to strive or prove. Our nervous system starts to settle. We stop reacting from fear or performance and start responding from love. We live from grace, not for approval.

Jesus didn't offer us a religion. He offered us a relationship. He never laid heavy burdens on people, He lifted them.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest... For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” – Matthew 11:28-30

When we are no longer confined by religious traditions, rituals, or pressure to be a certain way, true freedom unfolds.

In that freedom, we begin to want to serve. Not because we have to. Not because it’s expected. But because love changes everything.

So if you've ever felt like you're failing as a Christian, or like you’re not enough, or like you’re missing something even though you're doing all the right things pause. Breathe. Come back to the One who embodied compassion. The One who did not shame but restored. The One who lives in you, not in religion.

Freedom in Christ is not a theory. It is a whole-body, soul-deep, grace-soaked reality.

If something in you longs not just to know about freedom in Christ but to feel it deep within your body, your heart, and your spirit then I invite you to join us for our upcoming webinar: Anchored in the Word.

Together, we’ll explore what it means to embody the truth of Scripture, release shame, and experience the peace and compassion of Christ from the inside out. This isn’t about learning, it’s about living fully rooted in Him.

Come as you are. Let’s experience the Word made flesh—within us.