November 14
Galatians 3:24-6:18; Acts 15:1-21
Who are you? If you are asked this question at a party, there are several different ways you could answer. You could answer with your name, your job, your hobbies, or, if you want to be weird, you could answer you are a child of God. When we place our faith in Christ, we are adopted by God and unconditionally brought with love into his family. This new family means we have a new identity, which should lead to a new way of life. Our new identity should give us more freedom. As we previously discussed, the world defines freedom as the ability to do whatever someone wants, while God defines it as the ability to serve God and others. This distinction is probably never more clearly stated than in Galatians 5:13 which says, “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.”
We can view freedom as equivalent to indulging the flesh (doing whatever we want) as the world does, or as the opportunity to serve others in humility. Since true life/freedom is found in conformity to Christ, then the more we learn to serve others like Jesus did, the more we will know what true freedom looks like. The world may tell us to put ourselves first, but that path only leads to bondage.
Father God, help me to walk in true freedom. Help me to prioritize your ways above my own and put others above myself. Amen.
How can you remember what true freedom means?
Who are you? If you are asked this question at a party, there are several different ways you could answer. You could answer with your name, your job, your hobbies, or, if you want to be weird, you could answer you are a child of God. When we place our faith in Christ, we are adopted by God and unconditionally brought with love into his family. This new family means we have a new identity, which should lead to a new way of life. Our new identity should give us more freedom. As we previously discussed, the world defines freedom as the ability to do whatever someone wants, while God defines it as the ability to serve God and others. This distinction is probably never more clearly stated than in Galatians 5:13 which says, “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.”
We can view freedom as equivalent to indulging the flesh (doing whatever we want) as the world does, or as the opportunity to serve others in humility. Since true life/freedom is found in conformity to Christ, then the more we learn to serve others like Jesus did, the more we will know what true freedom looks like. The world may tell us to put ourselves first, but that path only leads to bondage.
Father God, help me to walk in true freedom. Help me to prioritize your ways above my own and put others above myself. Amen.
How can you remember what true freedom means?
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