Friday the 16th

Galatians 5:  ¹³You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. ¹⁴The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." ¹⁵If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

We are free, and that freedom that we receive through Christ is the most liberating type of freedom we can feel. However, as Paul points out, With that freedom comes the opportunity to whatever we want. That is the deal you know, we choose, Christ gives us freedom form death, freedom form the world, but we decide what we do with that freedom, and what we do with that freedom will decide our lives here on earth, and our eternal salvation. So we are urged not to indulge the sinful nature. One might wonder how that might happen. How could a person choose the Lord, then turn around and choose a sinful lifestyle. You might not be aware of it, but you are pulled to that sinful lifestyle daily. What we do, where we go, the words we speak, I do not need to remind you that the devil himself was an angel who chose a sinful lifestyle! The biggest pull towards a sinful life can be viewed by how we treat others. You are free to love or free to hate, free to build up, or free to tear down, free to serve yourself, or to serve others……it comes down to freedom to love, or freedom to hate. Oh and the hate comes so much easier than the love on some days doesn’t it? Paul hits it on the head though, if we keep up with the biting and devouring each other, we will let our freedom, the thing we want so much, destroy us. How ironic isn’t it? We are given the very thing that can destroy us as quickly as it can save us! That is why, our choice does not end with choosing the Lord, it is a daily choice that we make everyday, will we love? Will we take the freedom that we are given in Christ, and use it to spread the love that He has shown us? Will we rise to the challenge of the day and let the command reflect as brightly as the sun from us? Will we use that freedom to strengthen us, and allow us to freely love, even those whom the world says deserve no love? As we go into this weekend we have a choice to make, will we build, or will we destroy? The choice is ours, the freedom has been granted, where will the day take you?

God Bless, and have a great weekend,

Brian