"Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to christ, that we might be justified by faith."
The law brought us to Christ. It show us our true nature and our need for a holy God to save us. In Christ, we're free from our nature because we receive His: Christ in us.
God calls us to freedom in His son, which means that before Christ, we were slaves to something else. We were held captive by the World and we served it. Now, in Christ, we're enslaved by His love that convicts us, moves us and makes us bold. We're a new creation. We no longer serve the World and its pleasures, we serve God almighty and He's good.
Who I am in Christ...is free. Free from my guilt and my anger, my frustration, stress, loneliness and sin.
I confess I don't always live in this freedom; in fact, most of the time I go back to being enslaved all over again by who I used to be. I don't love like I should, like the Lord calls me to. I'm easily angered, frustrated and depressed.
If the life that resurrected Christ from the dead lives in me, why do I live like I myself died in that tomb but didn't come back to life?
"...for freedom christ has set us free." | Galatians 5:1
I don't want to live with a veil over my heart (2 Corinthians 3:15) when I know firsthand about the freedom I've been called to.
How can I talk to others about the freedom found in Christ, if I'm not living in it myself? How can I talk about Christ's love if I'm not loving others? The answer is, I can't. You can't pour out of an empty cup.
The Spirit fills our longings
for truth, freedom, love, joy
and pours grace over us
as we call out to a God
who calls us to freedom
whose very life is in us
Christ, the living God
Messiah
I'm praying for gentle reminders that in Christ I am free. I am free to love my family, friends, strangers...free to love myself.
for freedom.
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