SLaVerY n FrEedOm
May 15th, 2007 by irene-m-setiawanWe are all slaves!!!
or… at least… we were
Slaves to the fear of death!
Not only death, we are constantly afraid of so many things: failure, rejection, being poor, future, things in the past, problems, etc.
As Christians, Jesus has set us FREE from those things. It doesn’t mean we will not face ‘failure’, rejection, finance difficulties, or any bad things. It only means that we are not bond to these things. And we can face n fight them!
Our happiness is not determined by whether we are succesful or not, rich or poor, smart or slow brainy. We are set free from those things which used to control human beings, which always produce fear in our lives.
BUT….. as long as we believe in Him, the Lord Jesus Christ,
We have the power to love, even to those who reject us.
We have the power to be joyful, even world surrouunds us offer no reason for it.
We have the power to have peave in our heart despite so many battles that we have to fight.
We have the power to be patience, though we know we just have 24 hours a day.
We have the power to be kind, even to those that are unkind to us.
We have the power to be good, though there are many temptations to be evil.
We have the power to remain faithful, despite difficulties that we facem we are stilll more thatn winners if we fight for what we believe till the end.
We have the power to be gentle, never tired to bring the lost back to our Master.
We have the power to have self-control, for we have the Holy Spirit to guide us.
Be FREE for the Scripture says, "So Christ has truly set us free."
"For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use you freedom to serve one another in love. For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself.""
-Galatians 5:1a, 13-14-