So much is said about freedom, and it is a precious gift which few in this world really have but there is a freedom that the Lord Jesus Christ speaks of which is not only for this time but will be fulfilled at death if we belong to His people! The Bible says, If the Son (Jesus Christ) shall set you free ye shall be free indeed. We can have all the freedom this world has to offer and yet be a slave to it! The wide road to destruction is full of people that think they are free and costs us everything, but the narrow way is seen by most as a most undesirable way because it would mean giving up everything we hold dear in this world. The Psalmist in Psalm 73 learned this Psalm 73:17-28, Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. To loose everything and to gain Christ is to have everything!
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:20:48 +0000