Freedom

In his book, Hold Fast in a Broken World, Douglas Bond writes on the notion of freedom.

Part of the problem lies in defining words. You [might think] that freedom means making your own decisions and doing whatever you would like to do....[but] robbers do whatever they want; axe murderers do whatever they want; sexual perverts do whatever they want. All of these got their start by thinking that freedom meant doing whatever they wanted. It's what [many] men naturally conclude....Wise [men] understand that the end result of acting on your desires is anything but freedom. A wise [man] thinks of freedom more the way the Bible commentator Matthew Henry expressed it: "A man is free not when he can do what he wishes to do but when he wishes to do, and can do, what he ought to do."

We were made in the image of God, made to love him, to know him, and to do his will. Why did Christ say that his yoke is easy and his burden light? Because following Christ means obeying and living life according to design. God designed you to find joy and satisfaction by conforming to his will. Thus, Matthew Henry got it right when he concluded that a man is free only after the Spirit of God changes his desires and gives him the ability to do what he ought to do, what he was designed to do.

Real freedom comes when you desire to do and are doing what you were made to do - to glory and enjoy God, now and forever.