What does freedom mean to you? Is your understanding of freedom wrapped up in your ability to do what you want? Do you view freedom as being free to pursue happiness? Have you considered your freedom to pursue God? Will you use your freedom to do so?
Living in a country that values freedom, we often think of it as being free to pursue the job we want and the material things we want. We think of it as the ability to go where we want to go when we want to go. We may even view our freedom as an entitlement.
But the freedom the Apostle Paul speaks of to the church in Corinth is not about any of those things. It is about the unveiling of God’s truth and our ability to see and hear it. It is about us ingesting the truth of God and it changing us from the inside out. The freedom we have in Christ includes being transformed to be like Him.
Will we accept this freedom? Unfortunately, far too many continue to hold onto the chains of the world. They continue to be locked in the prison cell of culture. They continue to pursue what our culture tells us we should pursue, rather than pursuing the glory of Christ. God has given us free will, allowing us to make the choice to accept his freedom or reject it.
If we choose to accept the freedom of Christ, our lives are changed. The worries of the world are no longer our worries. As we are transformed to be like Christ, we learn to trust God in all things. We learn that he is working in this world, even when we don’t see it. When we accept the freedom offered, we are set free in ways we cannot imagine while trapped in the prison of our culture.
I pray we all choose to accept the freedom God offers. I pray we break free from the prison of our culture. I pray each one of us will be changed from the inside out to be more like Jesus. Accept the freedom of Christ. Break away from cultural norms. Be changed. Be more like Jesus.
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.
Marty Pressey 