Tuesday the 31st

Galatians 5: 22-23

 

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

 

I spend a lot of time talking about how we should not be bound by the law. Law protects us from sin, but does little to give us salvation. When we lead our lives with the fruit of the Spirit the laws are meaningless…..not because we can break them and it is alright…..but because the fruit of the Spirit keeps us well above any law. When you live for love, peace, joy….with patience, goodness, and faithfulness….when you practice gentleness, and self-control….there is not law for these behaviors. There is only Christ. So many people today live just well enough to get by. They look at the law and think that if no laws are broken then they are doing well……however it is when we lose sight of the laws, when we turn our focus to Christ that we can see the laws for what they are, chains that keep us from focusing on God. Love God, and love your neighbor as yourself. When we apply these principles to our world we allow ourselves to experience the true Spirit of the Trinity. A heart absent of malice, judgment, and anger, is a heart that has plenty of room for all of the good that the Lord wants to fill your life with. I will not try and tell you that it is an easy task, it is not by any means. Many people will tell you that it is not worth the time, effort ands energy….I want to promise you that not only is it worth it, but your life will improve so much that you will not believe that you ever lived any other way. Choose to live for the Lord, choose to rout out the “old ways” do not get so focused on the law that you miss the opportunity that is right before you, the opportunity to know, love, and walk with the Lord. Live a life free of the law, and full of the love of Christ. As Paul tells us, there is not law for that!  

 

Peace,

Brian