A servant bound by love to Christ has the greatest freedom. He is free to be what he was made for.
There are three passages of Scripture that deal with the release of a Hebrew slave (Ex 21:1-6; Lev 25:39-55; Deut 15:12-18). “Slavery” in this case meant indentured servitude. That is, the person agreed to pay off a debt by working for the one they owed. Remember, there were no prisons in Israel. God wanted matters settled and done with. In this case, He wanted people to have a restart in life at least every seven years. Thus, “If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you” (v 12). The three passages have different emphases. The Leviticus verses explain that such a servant could, and should, be redeemed by family members if possible before their tenure was fulfilled. We also should seek to free those who feel indebted to us: “Owe no one anything except to love one another” (Rom 13:8). The verses in Deuteronomy consider the release of the servant and making sure there was not only to be freedom but provision: “You shall supply him liberally…From what the Lord has blessed you with, you shall give to him” (Deut 15:14). Applying it to us, when the Lord liberates us He also lavishes on us the riches of His grace! The Exodus text also focuses on the moment of release, with another possibility: “If the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ then his master shall bring him…to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever” (Ex 21:5-6). Like Jesus, the perfect Servant, can we say, “My ears You have opened [lit., digged].…Then I said, ‘Behold,…I delight to do Your will, O my God’” (Ps 40:6-8)? Yes, I love my Master! I will not go out free.