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| Helensburgh (C) Robert Bell - used with permission |
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm,
therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery… For you were called to
freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity
for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. (Galatians 5: 1, 13)
We are not born free. We must learn freedom, and
we all start from very different places. A gymnast knows that their effortless
freedom is the result of endless practice. For someone with fragile
self-esteem, the invitation to freedom will be received vulnerably, and the
response will take real courage. But Christian freedom is not a demand; it is a
gift. Jesus know what it asks of us and what we need to let go in order to
embrace it. Freedom is the practice of obedience. This is not the contradiction
it sounds, for to be free is to be living in complete obedience to the
environment for which we were made. That environment is the love of God. The
freedom he gives us is to become the people he has truly made us to be.
(Extract from Dust &
Glory by David Runcorn)
For Reflection
Think of a time when you
experienced a sense of complete freedom. How did it feel?
Prayer
Lord, teach me to serve you
with my freedom.
For Reflection
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