Freedom

Leviticus 26:13 I am your Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the yoke of slavery from your neck so you can walk with your heads held high.

God loved us, sent His son down for us and did that so He could break us from the yokes of slavery once again so that we can walk with our heads held high....Just ponder that for a moment.

You may be thinking to yourself ..but I wasn't a slave...weren't you? or for some of you it would be aren't you? Are you a slave to your own lusts? to your own wants and desires? Do you put them before God? Lets go through this...

Its the time of year for football games...do the games come before your worship to the Lord?
You were supposed to do some service for the Church, but there is a really awesome party...do you back out to go to the party?
You are on a dieting plan to lose weight and get in shape so that your body can be a temple to God...do you make excuses and make it what you want it to be based on your desires?
You are an alcoholic, a drug addict, addicted to sex, food, television, work....whatever it is..do you put those things before God?

If you could answer yes to any of that...you are a slave. You are a slave to those things and the only way out is to give that stuff up to God and accept Jesus as your personal savior.

He can break us from the yokes of slavery so that we can walk with our heads held high....

That is love my friends..that is grace and mercy and forgiveness and joy all wrapped into one pretty beautiful package ...are you going to throw it away?

Sharyl