Day Seventeen
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Galatians 5:13-14 NIV
What does it take to be free? Is it possible to live in a free world without freedom? I have had the opportunity to share the gospel in our state prisons. It has been my experience that those prisoners who made a confession of faith in Jesus Christ and reformed their lives and studying at Bible college inside the prison walls are more free than those outside the prison. It’s not the location that defines your freedom but the proximity to the One who gives you your freedom. We may live in a free world but were locked up in the prison of our sins. AW Tozer wrote,“The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven’t yet come to the end of themselves. We’re still trying to give orders, and interfering with God’s work within us.” Freedom is a gift. It’s a gift from God. He didn’t give us our freedom for us to go back to the old life with the same old habits in the same old sins. Paul wrote, “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: Love your neighbor as yourself.” God’s freedom is real. It’s real freedom that brings real love that will bring real change in our neighborhoods. Freedom brings humility. Humility brings love. Love builds servants who love their neighbors as themselves. Pray for real freedom. Pray for real love. Pray for real change in our communities. When we don’t care who gets the credit, we can make real change in neighborhoods, communities, cities, nation,s and our world. Experience the freedom, live the love.