I was watching one of those funny amateur video shows, and there was this dog in his home that wanted to go outside. The screen door was closed, but its window or screen, or whatever was there, was missing. The dog could have gone out through the opening, where the window or screen used to be, but refused to go. And yet, when someone opened the door, he would go out!
Sometimes when there is no barrier to us being free, we don’t recognize it, because we’re so used to barriers - and most of the time they’re just in our minds.
"For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery." - Galatians 5:1(ESV)