Slave to freedom… Romans 6:16

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Romans 6:16 (NLT)
16 Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living.

We don’t want to consider ourselves slaves, but it’s true. When whatever it is you choose to obey becomes the driving force, that force is disruptive, and that disruption can be good or bad. God is love, pure and simple. God is justice. God is perfection. God is sacrificial. God is different than us. God has a plan for our good. We are driven – we just want to get our rocks off and be left alone.

Proverbs 24:14 (NLT)
14 In the same way, wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, you will have a bright future, and your hopes will not be cut short.

We choose God not because of what he offers us – eternity, but because of who he is and the life he calls us to live. I’ve said it in many blogs, and I’ll say it again, and I’ll say it again later I’m sure: If we lived the life Christ calls us to live, we wouldn’t have the problems of the world we have today. It’s that simple.

Matthew 25:40 (NLT)
40 “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’”

Numbers 6:24-25 (NLT)
24 ‘May the Lord bless you and protect you. 25 May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you.

Philippians 4:4 (NLT)
4 Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!

You can be a slave to wants, or your can be a slave to freedom in Christ.

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I Love The Father, Son and Holy Spirit and the blessings He has poured into my life. I pray that I live a life that glorifies Him in all I do, but I fail every day, many, many, many times. I have come here through brokenness, a trail of pain and broken promises that I've created through my self centeredness, self will and arrogance. For those I've hurt, please forgive me for what I did. Those things that I remember I am truly sorry I did them. I wish I could undo them. I can't. I use these lessons as motivation to be a builder, to take those experiences and hopefully keep someone else out of their own similar experiences. I love my wife, my children, my family, my friends, my strangers, and those the world would like to dismiss as an unfortunate error messing up worldly perfection. I get frustrated with all of the above too, for I am broken, not like God. Lord, give me your wisdom, your patience, and knowledge of your will for me and the strength to carry that out in all I do. I believe we have work to do while we are here and need to be actively engaged in allowing God to work through us. A Christian is someone who does what The Father, Son and Holy Spirit calls them to do, a builder not a taker, a conduit not a pinnacle, humble and serving. Micah 6:8 Matthew 25:31-46