Good Morning!! Some people brag about being free to do whatever they please: to party, to gamble, to spend countless hours watching TV or sit in front of their computer, to buy whatever they want. The real question is: are they free to not do these things? What we do has the power to become our master. When that happens, the activity is not beneficial to us or others.
"I have the right to do anything," you say—but not everything is beneficial. "I have the right to do anything"—but I will not be mastered by anything.—1 Corinthians 6:12 (NIV)
Jesus died to save us in body, as well as soul,...so that he alone will be our Master. God intends our bodies to be living, breathing, walking, talking temples in which the HolySpirit lives. Redeemed by Christ we’re free not to do whatever we please, but to do what pleases the Spirit of God within us. And to do what is helpful to others.
So often, we engage in behaviors that areneither good nor bad of themselves,
...but are nonetheless enslaving us.
Dear Lord, free us of anything that interfears with our desire or ability to be of serve to You,...and others. Amen.
"We have an open invitation to take everything to God, in prayer."
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