In Biblical times when a slave finished paying off their debt and were set free, they could choose to remain with their master, having an awl placed through their ear as a sign. Though trials and struggles will come, God has purpose in everything to make us holy and no one will take better care of us than Him. Christ's death paid our debt and we are made free, but God desires for us to choose to stay with Him as His slave because He takes such great care of us.
