For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not
submit again to a yoke of slavery. (ESV)
I love the simplicity and
straightforwardness of the Christian faith.
It is for freedom that Jesus set us free. When you read those words, you may be tempted
to say, “Well, duh! What else would
freedom be for?”
Strangely, though, many
of us who have been set free by Jesus continue to enslave ourselves. Does any of this sound familiar? “I need to keep up a good act. If they ever knew the real me, it would all
be over.” “I have to do this and this
and this and then I have to go there to do that so I can get back here for that
other thing.” “I just have to hope this
works out or I am ruined and then I don’t know what I’ll do.”
That does not sound like
freedom to me. Unfortunately, it does
sound like me. How would your daily
thoughts, and therefore your daily actions, be different if you actually lived
as if you were free? In other words, how
would your life be different if you believed the Bible as you claim to do?
Copyright © 2015 by Steven R. Perkins
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