Freedom and Responsibility

Galatians 5:13 GNBDC:
As for you, my brothers and sisters, you were called to be free. But do not let this freedom become an excuse for letting your physical desires control you. Instead, let love make you serve one another.

There is always a major difference between the world's view and the Word's view on the meaning of freedom. The world sees it from a selfish point of view as an absence of personal responsibility or accountability- where you are free to do as you please. The Word sees it from a broad view- a point where you acknowledge that another paid the terms of your freedom from one level of bondage and gave you fresh terms of engagement. You were not set free to live as you pleased but you were set free from a hopeless end and given a responsibility that guarantees you endless hope.

That is the defining moment for the world. The world does not understand accountability and responsibility the way the Word understands it. The natural man cannot understand either because it goes against everything that nature enjoys. But as we come to God and understand his ways, we begin to understand what he demands from us. We are not our own masters; we have a new master.  We have renewed ideas, renewed hope, renewed vision, new responsibilities and renewed strength to follow our new master.

Check your fruits and your focus. The produce of your life depends on your investment. Are you investing in the world or in the Word? Are you serving others in love or demanding service from others? Serve with God as your focus and watch your life impact others. His time of favour is here.