Truly Free

Today's reading: Galatians 5:1-12

'For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.' - Galatians 5:1 ESV

Maybe you've heard a husband say this about his wife, "Man, I gotta go. The old-ball-and-chain needs me for something." As if being married was this sentence of doom, forever bound to someone who annoys or limits you. This was not God's design in marriage and it also isn't his design when it comes to his relationship with us, his church.

Freedom is paraded by many as something that comes only when you break free of all commitments and restraints. Freedom is fighting to keep your wings from getting clipped. Yet many of us have seen what kind of life this leads us into. It is a life of selfishness, and ultimately a life of slavery to any given sin.

To trust Jesus for salvation is the ultimate step into freedom. It may seem like we are locking ourselves into a lifelong commitment of limits, but we are actually stepping into greater freedom.

Will you embrace this today?