Living Liberty         

The Bible says, “For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.” Galatians 5:13-18 (KJV)

Peter Marshall, Before the U.S. Senate prayed: “Lord Jesus, thou who art the way, the truth, and the life; hear us as we pray for the truth that shall make all free. Teach us that liberty is not only to be loved but also to be lived. Liberty is too precious a thing to be buried in books. It costs too much to be hoarded. Help us see that our liberty is not the right to do as we please, but the opportunity to please to do what is right.

Selfishness is the bane of the Believer. In seeing to elevate oneself, they belittle those around them. Paul said it succinctly in Romans 7:18a (KJV) “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing…” When we are selfish we are so in the flesh that we drive others around us away from us. It has been well said: “Some times when we need love the most…we are the most unlovable.”

Thus Paul said in Ephesians 4:1-3 (KJV) “I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” 

    Daily Chronological Bible Reading: Galatians 4-6