Ok, please forgive me for disappearing for a couple weeks. I was traveling to and from Wyoming, with my sis, to see my mum and daddy! And... well, their internet speed is... annoyingly slow. I hope you all had a GREAT 4th of July. It was beautiful here.
Putting on the belt...
I love the 4th. It's fun for me to think about all our country has fought for and was built on. And it makes me ponder what freedom really is...
Is freedom simply the right to be ones own country? Is it the right to have a say in our government? The right to carry weapons? To choose this to choose that? Is freedom all those things? I suppose. But is that true freedom? Is freedom simply a right to choose? Or do we chase it, pursue it, aye DEMAND it because the true root of freedom is something so much greater?
Into the light...
1. Are you free? No, not free to vote or wear polyester. Are you REALLY free?
2. Does your "freedom" ever lead you to bondage? Have you ever made choices with your "freedom" that saddled you with a whole bag of undesirable consequences?
3. What do you need freedom from?
Wielding the Sword...
Read Galatians 5:1 - Here Paul is talking about being burdened by legalism - extra Biblical practices by which some try to measure their righteousness, which isn't possible (see this verse). But we can also be burdened by some of the choices we've made with our human concept of freedom. Addictions, abuses, apathy... Which yoke are you most likely to struggle with - legalism, or rebellion?
Read 2 Peter 2:19 - Ponder this... how long does it take before the "freedom to indulge" in something, becomes "something that masters" us? Interesting thought...
Read Galatians 5:13 - How does this differ from our society's common view of personal freedom?
Read 2 Corinthians 3:17 - Who is it that brings freedom? If we are struggling to feel free in an area of our lives, perhaps it is because we have not give Christ and His Spirit permission to have control in that area?
Send me comments (I moderate them, so if you don't want them published, no one else will see them...) So talk to me... what makes you feel free? Where do you NOT feel free? How can we pray together? Let's walk the road toward freedom...
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