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Living On Borrowed Freedom

October 14, 2010

1 Peter 2:16

Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.

I find Peter alluding to a subtle nuance here – the thought being perhaps best outlined in this question – while we are certainly free through Christ…whose freedom is it? Whose freedom do we enjoy?

I think I need a constant reminder that while I do live in freedom…it is CHRIST‘S freedom that He has allowed me to partake in. The freedom I enjoy is not my right, it is not something I deserve, and it is certainly not something I have earned….it is a gift and a blessing in the purest form of the words.

So then how do I live my life in this freedom? Do I use it as a way to justify any decision I want to make? Do I allow myself to think that because of the freedom I have in Jesus I should be able to do anything I want, say anything I want and have anything I want? Because I am FREE??

I think far too often…that’s exactly what I think.

When the actual truth is…that in Jesus I enjoy HIS freedom from sin…so that I could be a SLAVE to His righteousness…

So then the movement of my life needs to be….a humble receiving of freedom….with an intentional movement back into a new kind of slavery.

Jesus, I am no good at this. I pray that you would keep me mindful that the freedom I enjoy in this life is not my own..but a gift to allow me to once again choose slavery…of the best kind.

Thanks for loving me through this….I need it.

B.

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