Are you free or enslaved? Are you sure you know the answer to that question? Do you feel oppressed by the weight of bad decisions? Have you sought to leave them behind? Are you seeking to follow God’s plan? Have you awakened to your freedom from sin?
We often are enslaved without knowing it. There is a sin that has a hold on us that we just can’t shake. Maybe we recognize it, maybe we don’t. If we recognize it, it can weigh heavily on our mind. It can cause depression. It can be a dark cloud hanging above our head.
How do we free ourselves from our enslavement? We can’t on our own. We must turn our sin over to God. We must come to understand, not cursorily, but deep in our heart that Jesus has set us free. It can be a significant challenge to turn it over to God and ask him to remove it from us.
We may have accepted Christ as our Savior, but not turned everything over to Him. We may go to church every Sunday but continue to hold on to our guilt. We may pray regularly but fail to submit to God’s will for our lives. Only when we fully submit to him and turn our lives over to him will we finally experience the freedom of Christ.
Make no bones about it, it takes time. It is a maturation process. It requires us to continually go to God in prayer, asking for his help, asking the Holy Spirit to guide us. Following the path God wants us to follow and truly being free is difficult, but only because we want to be in control. Yet, it is when we give up control that we are truly free.
I pray we all recognize what enslaves us. I pray we turn everything over to God. I pray each one of us will continue to pray that God remove the sin that enslaves and experience the freedom of Christ. Recognize your sin. Give to God. Submit to God. Ask God for help. Experience true freedom.
Romans 6:22-23 But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Marty Pressey 