Yesterday was an election day across the nation. I hope you made it to the polls to cast your vote and are grateful for the freedom we have to do so. We enjoy a level of freedom in America that doesn't exist elsewhere in our world. Take time today to thank God for the freedom we have. This nation was founded by people seeking freedom in worship and in their form of government. They believed that the very idea of freedom was God's plan. And real freedom comes for each of us as we walk under the control of God's Spirit in our lives.
2 Corinthians 3:17 (ESV) Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
The death and resurrection of Jesus has broken the power of sin's bondage for each of us. But we will not live in that freedom unless we receive the gift of freedom that comes through repentance and complete trust in Jesus. And we must be careful to walk daily in submission to the Lord in order to walk in spiritual freedom. If we become careless or complacent, we will find the grip of old habits and sin taking control and robbing us of our freedom to live for Christ.
We can also lose our political freedoms in the same way - through carelessness and complacency. It's the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics at work. That law essentially states that things, left to themselves, do not become stronger and improve, but they deteriorate or break apart. Political freedom can be a fragile thing if left unattended or complacently surrendered to those who would govern at the expense of our freedom.
Take time today to thank God for the freedom we have because of Christ. Thank Him also for our freedom as a nation. Where would you be without either of those freedoms? How do you need to express your thanks and to be vigilant to guard against the slide in either away from freedom?
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