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Saturday, May 25, 2019

Freedom Amidst the War

 Read:        Galatians 5:13-25

What is freedom and why do we seek it?  On the one side, freedom is being unbound, unshackled, liberated, not under any restraints, or not bound by any obligation.

On the other side, there is freedom from powerlessness, oppression, and lack of control over our circumstances and our life. 

In either context, we are caught in the midst of a raging war! The forces of darkness, this world, and our own brokenness, wages war against us. They make empty promises, that IF ONLY you do THIS or HAVE THAT, then you will be truly free!  No one can TELL YOU WHAT TO DO!  

But the reality is, these empty promises only lead us to being more entangled, shackled, and powerless! Our desire to control our own lives only leads to feeling OUT OF CONTROL. 

By God’s grace, He has not left us alone to our own demise.  He does not sit quietly by from His lofty throne in heaven watching up helplessly self destruct.  For those who put their trust in the forgiving power of His blood bought love for us, He provide us a different way!

He gives us the POWER of His very own Spirit to live inside of us!  As counter-intuitive as it may seem, if we allow ourselves to be LED by the SPIRIT, LIVE by the SPIRIT and KEEP IN STEP with the SPIRIT we are not restricted anymore by the law, and enjoy the FREEDOM to realize our true identity and destiny in Jesus Christ.


But the FRUIT of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness and self-control, against such things there is no law! 
Thank you Lord Jesus that you are actively and personally involved in leading us by the Spirit, and You will continue to work in us to help us GROW.

Teach us Lord, to keep in step with Your Holy Spirit as we walk in line behind Him as our leader and guide amidst this waging war!  Thank You, that You have empowered us to follow You and boldly be the humans You created us to be!

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