Have you ever watched a hot air balloon rise? It's a slow, steady progression as it lifts up and away from the earth, then glides, seemingly effortlessly across the expanse of the sky.
A hot air balloon ride just seems to be the most freeing form of air travel. It's on my bucket list. Some day, I will experience that freedom for myself. At the moment, however, it is snowing at my house. A balloon ride might be rather chilly today.
I'm very thankful that I don't have to wait to experience the freedom that was purchased for my by the blood of Jesus Christ.
There are 2 very important outcomes of this freedom He has given us, both outlined for us in Romans 6:17-19.
We have been set free from sin and given freedom to serve the Most High God. The apostle Paul said he was "an ambassador in chains" (Ephesians 6:20).
Think about that statement for a moment. Paul was set free from sin when he encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus. When he wrote this letter to his friends in Ephesus, he was physically in chains for preaching the gospel, yet he had spiritual freedom in Christ to continue to be an ambassador for Him. Paul knew and lived in the freedom he had been given.
Do we know and live in the freedom we have been given? We have been freed from sin and given freedom to serve.
Freedom from and freedom to...
Father, thank You so much for the freedom you have given us through your Son. Help us to know and live in the freedom we have - the freedom from sin and the freedom to serve you, for Your glory. In Jesus' Name, amen.
{Daily Selah} is a min-devotional, a pause to ponder about the Lord and how He wants us to live.
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