Morning Champion
(Sorry for day early send, I am off to France to minister early, early tomorrow morning, enjoy)
Don’t Get all Tangled up Again
Galatians 5: 1 (NKJV)
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
We spoke yesterday concerning being soldiers for God who are not entangled by the cares of life yet are free to be and do all that He needs us to. I want to continue the thought of being entangled as I feel it is a very relevant one for us all.
The gift and invitation of the Gospel of Jesus is liberty not captivity. Our Saviors plans for us are plans of freedom not bondage, yet our enemy, the devil, has only plans of entanglement for us and ever desires to entice us away from liberty and again tie us up in the webs of his deceptions.
We need to remind ourselves that entanglement and limitation are not our portion or inheritance in Christ. We can be entangled by many things in life and need to walk wise concerning the webs that daily beckon us.
Habits: seemingly harmless habits can easily turn into life-controlling addictions that entangle you and steal your freedom. Manage habits correctly Champion and break bad habits while they are like cobwebs so you don’t have to deal with them when they become steel cables.
Fears and insecurities: If not dealt with by knowing the Word and the identity and authority you have in Christ these two can become very real webs that constantly entangle and restrict you from attempting the things that Jesus has freed you to attempt.
The law: Paul was specifically referring in these verses to the enticement and entanglement of the law and religion. He was instructing the Galatians that they had found and obtained total freedom through faith in the grace of God and warned them not to go back to the bondage and entanglement of the law.
These verses remind us again that when we try to re-embrace the law to make God like us (performance based Christianity) we “fall from grace” and become entangled again in a web of self effort. DON’T DO IT. Law will always entangle you again and leave you restricted whereas, grace will constantly make you more free than you have ever been, free to love, free to live, free to give.
Galatians 5:2 -4 (NKJV)
Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. 3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. 4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
Remember Champion - It was for freedom that Christ has set you free. Stay free!
A devotional by Pastor Andy Elmes to inspire you with a godly thought to start your day well. God’s word is indeed the breakfast of champions.
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