FREEDOM!

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is FREEDOM. 2 Corinthians 3:17

Oh how I know this scripture to be true. I have heard many Christian speakers refer to the freedom that we have in Christ and always believed I knew what they were talking about. It wasn't until recently that I became aware of true freedom.

Many of us think freedom is being able to make our own decision and doing things our own way---making things happen in our own timing. It seems like a backwards concept to think of freedom as submitting and being obedient to something other than ourselves. Life...GOD...has a way of opening our eyes to the lies we have been believing and revealing HIS truth.

For those of us who have blazed a trail and tried to find freedom our own way, we have been disappointed with the outcome! We don't realize it at the time, but those "free choices" we are making end up coming with a HUGE price. We wake up one day and realize that what we thought was freedom wasn't really freedom at all but bondage. It is a shocking and overwhelming realization. It is then, if you are a child of God, that you realize living life the way "you" want to is not going to cut it. It is only after true repentance and submitting to the authority of Christ can you truly find that freedom you always wanted. The freedom that reaps peace and joy. Freedom from depression, fear, worry, stress, etc. This freedom you can not have by living life your way.

I encourage you to take inventory of your life. Are there areas in your life where you are trying to do it all by yourself? Are you being stubborn, rebellious, or just wanting to be independent? As my great friend Brother Bob would say...STOP IT!! Take it from someone who's been there, it is NOT worth it.

Not until you come to the point in your life where you realize that it is not about you but about living for HIM, do you experience true freedom!! (I am not saying I am there yet. I am a work in progress!) So, let HIM break the shackles off your feet so you can dance and be free to do the things HE has called you to do!! ;)