Good Monday morning! This week comes to a close with a celebration of our Independence Day. Let's begin the week talking about freedom. We call this nation "the land of the free" and many people from all other nations want to come here to experience this freedom. So how free are you and I in our own strength? I am free to never clean the house; the house becomes a mess. You are free to never clean your car; your car becomes a mess. We are all free to stop working; we stop earning money and slowly starve. We are free to stop working out; we become fat slobs. We are free to stop taking the trash out; our houses become unpleasant places in short order. We don't sound very free.
The Bible shows us a different solution. Give our lives to Jesus and He, the truth, will set us free. Do we become completely free immediately? No, we still need to take out the trash, clean our houses, and the many other tasks that consume part of this life. We are set free from the penalty of sin; we are not yet free of the presence of sin. Even if you and I should manage to live without sin for the rest of our lives, we are still here on this earth and we may yet suffer for another person's sin. We give our lives to Jesus and He sets us on a journey to find true freedom in Him. We do not undertake this journey alone and in our own strength, remember that we already tried that in this life. We walk a trail already blazed by our Lord; we walk this trail with our Lord, and we walk in His mighty strength. One day each of us will come to the end of this earthly life and we will then discover true freedom in Christ.
Have a wonderful and blessed day!
Bucky
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