submitted by Lara Cook
Sin is no longer your master,
for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live
under the freedom of God's grace. Romans
6:14 NLT
Freedom. It is something that
we take for granted way too often. But
sometimes we don’t live in freedom like we should as children of God, saved by
grace, forgiven and redeemed. That is
because we may know in our heads that we are forgiven and absolved, but we
allow the power of sin to maintain
its grip on our hearts. We can’t shake
it. We can’t accept that sin has been
defeated because of Jesus Christ rescuing us and instead, we live defeated
lives. Living like this makes everything
Jesus did on the cross in vain. What
good is His sacrifice if it doesn’t deliver us from the captivity of sin and
allow us to live in His grace and freedom?
As long as we are humans living on this earth, we will struggle with
sin, saved or not saved. The difference
is that we have the power of Christ to fight temptations and sin. We don’t have to fail or remain in the
bondage of sin. Because of His sacrifice
on the cross we are free from the penalty of sin and the power of sin. With this gift of absolution, we should soar
in the freedom from that bondage.
There is nothing like relief from the bondage of sin or the bondage of
anything that weighs heavy on us – debt, worry, anxiety, regret, depression,
fear, etc. The moment the weight is
lifted off your shoulders and the peace floods in is the best feeling in the
world. Weightlessness, freed from the
mummy wrapped trappings of sin that entangle us and constrict us to the point
of squeezing our life right from us. Instead
of letting sin have the power over us, we need to give the power to
freedom.
There is great power in freedom in Christ and Christ desires that for
all of us. Satan, however, is another
story. Satan wants us to live under the
power of our sin and never know the freedom of Christ’s forgiveness. He can’t touch us because we are released
from the penalty of our sin, but he loves it when we continue to live oppressed
lives under the power of sin. What a
waste of such a beautiful sacrifice.
Jesus has given us this amazing gift.
How effective could we be for His kingdom if we fully exercised the influence
of our freedom in Him?
What good would it be to a prisoner if he were pardoned, the cell door
opened, and he chose not to leave. What
good is the gift of freedom from our penalty of sin if we can’t enjoy the
freedom because we are still too bound up from the power of sin? Live free.
Release the power of sin in your life and take back the freedom you were
given.
Scripture to Claim:
But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:22-23
But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:22-23
