Freedom

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

John 8:36 (NIV)

When I look out at the beautiful expanse of Arizona sky it reminds me of the unlimited and ever expanding freedom we have in Christ. 

Narrow and bound by sin and self focus we are in need of freedom.  Sin is a narrowing thing.  It hinders us from experiencing true life.  We are hindered by resentment and anger, obsessions and compulsions.  Jesus said, "Everyone who sins is a slave to sin." (John 8:34).  When we are a slave to worry, fear, doubt or addiction our lives are restricted. 

Jesus came to set us free.  Paul speaks of the glorious freedom of the children of God. (Ro. 8:21)  He has put us in a broad place.  Life in the spirit is an ever expanding life, broadening our perspective until we reach away from ourselves and out to others. 

Lord, set us free from the narrowing attitudes that keep us boxed in.  Let all fear and doubt, anger and resentment be gone. Let us no longer be slaves to ourselves and our own passions and desires, but let us be free to love, to give, to go, to experience all that God has for us. 

You were called to be free.

But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature;

rather, serve one another in love.

Gal 5:13 (NIV)