Saturday, July 21, 2012

"You my brothers were called to be free.  But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature, rather serve one another in love. " Galatians 5:13 The bible tells us that "Christ has set us free and we are to stand firm and not allow ourselves to be burdened again by a yoke of slavery". Galatians 5:1 Be very aware of who is in your life. The bible warns us that all it takes is one person to infect many others. It is always a good thing to inventory your life, your circle of friends, even your family members and rebuke bondage or any form of slavery back in to your life. God came so we would be free.  I learned this very lesson two years ago when the Lord commanded me to leave my job. The very place that I was employed for over 20 years; the vessel to which God used to bless me beyond measure for 2 decades and yet in a moment's time, I was called to lay it down. For the money that was my blessing and my freedom were used to buy things and those things became my slavery and I was heavy laden with financial burdens. I was out of whack in every spiritual area of my life. I needed my life "cracked" like a chiropractor does to align your spine, the Lord came and had to realign my life back to the order I once was. I had to give up all security, all the things that were separating and distracting me. My God was calling upon me to trust Him and walk on faith in to believing what I could not see and to give up all things I once relied upon. My Lord was angry, jealous for He was slipping further and further down my "pole of importance" and it happened all so fast and all so slow at the same time. But I am so honored and so grateful that today I can say that I am exactly where I am supposed to be. I am in the will of God and I feel His presence so close to me. I chose to draw near to Him and He came to me. No slavery; all freedom. So for those that still call my decision to leave my job in this economy as irresponsible and immature; I would say to the natural I suppose they may be right but in the super natural it is called survival and breaking free of all things and all the people that enslaved me. Today I am free and living as what God created me to be.  And what a wonderful gift He has given me.

 I lift all of you up in prayer right where you are if you are struggling like I was with your faith, with your walk. May today be the day you commit your life back to His will and ask for the gift of freedom. And may your life once more glorify Him and may you live each and every day in the way He created you to be. And it is in His name I ask these things, Amen.