What is this Freedom?

What is this freedom?

I will walk about in freedom because I have sought out your precepts. Psalm 119:45 I can, you can have freedom in life from worry, confusion, guilt, etc if we will seek out and live by God’s word. There is so much wisdom in scripture on how to live, communicate, and care for ourselves and others. Scripture is our guide to freedom. If we seek God and live by His word we can experience the abundant life of hope He promises. Matt 12:34 tells us that out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. We can only speak what we have put in our hearts and minds. What are we putting in our hearts and minds? We are inundated with messages about instant gratification, casual sex, overindulgence, keeping up with the newest gadgets, busyness, focus on outward appearances. God says Be still and Know that I am God (Psalm 46:10). It is usually in this stillness that He speaks and reveals Himself to us. He asks us to meditate on His word (Joshua 1:8) so we can understand it, so He can reveal Himself to us through His word, and so we know how to act wisely in making choices in life. If we stay in busyness then we stay distracted and tend to make poorer choices focused on wordly values which lead to guilt and condemnation. It is for freedom that Christ has set us free (Gal. 5:1). We all long for and desire that freedom that can only come from a right relationship with God. I hear people, myself included at times, talk about wanting something more from this life but not really knowing what more is or seeking to accomplish this more. The more is a dissatisfaction stemming from not having a right relationship with Christ. God says seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you (Matt. 6:33). Getting in right relationship with God leads to peace, satisfaction, and freedom because He then takes care of getting all things in order for us, His order. God’s order brings freedom (freedom from guilt and condemnation), peace of mind, and joy. This is the abundant life. God say He wants to give us more than we can hope, think, or imagine (Eph. 3:20). What is the best you can imagine for yourself? Now think about God wanting to do for you higher than the heavens are from the earth higher than your thoughts/hopes for yourself. We limit Him by our lack of faith. We limit what He can do first by our limited faith in His ability to forgive us and accepting His total grace for us. Grace is a finished work of the cross. He has forgiven us, we need to forgive ourselves and each other, to accept the gift that is already been given. Second we limit God by our lack of faith and lack of vision for what He can accomplish through us if we surrender to Him. He wants to do more that we can hope, think, or imagine so dream big and then ask for more. If we are not praying prayers and expecting results of biblical proportions than we are limiting God. What is this freedom? Freedom is accepting GRACE, understanding the depth of God’s grace for us, receiving it and giving it to others. Freedom is planting God’s word in our hearts and keeping our hearts pure and focused on His precepts. Freedom is recognizing how great is the Father’s love for us, surrendering our lives to Him, and believing He can accomplish great things through us. It is for freedom that Christ has set us free (Gal 5:1).

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