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Thursday... But is it a bad thing?


Thursday... But is it a bad thing? Yes it can be but does it need to be? 

I found this word this morning in Psalm 2:3 (NLT). It says "'Let us break their chains,' they cry, 'and free ourselves from slavery to God.'" And the word is slavery. And it is in one sense a very bad word. We as a nation fought a war over this word. Churches have people meeting together that are there to free people from their slavery to addiction. There are people who are in marriages who need to be freed from the slavery of abuse. Many people are slaves to the memories of their past. Yes slavery can be very bad.

But not in all ways. I am a slave to my wife, Margaret because I love her. I do not want to be freed from that slavery. We are a slave to the responsibility of our dog, Turner. We are going today to see our kids in Colorado and we are not just leaving our dog all alone. He is going to be with our daughter and her family. And we can trust them because they also love him. 

And I am also a slave to God. He is my Lord and my Saviour and I am a slave to Him to obey and serve Him with all my heart. You see I have a relationship with Him that is build on His love for me and my love for Him. And there are some chains that go along with that love. And I don't want to break those chains.

Now one of the great things about my serving Him is that He will be there to break those chains that are holding me back from living a full and happy and productive life. There are some chains in our life that He wants to break and He will if we turn to Him and serve Him. One is the slavery of sin. God sent His Son to earth to die for us so those chains can be broken. Just confess those sins to Him and ask Him to forgive you of those sins and then believe that He forgives you and those sins will be covered by His blood and you will become a new creature through Him.

Now because of what he did for me I am a slave to do what He wants. And that is not a negative slavery. It is a loving slavery.

I get up early each morning to write this blog and I am a slave to doing it because I love Him and I love you. Now I have some freedom in this. I am going to take a couple of days off but I am still a loving slave to doing it.

So what chains do you need to be freed from? Maybe you are having some problems with this being a slave to God. Maybe you need to take some time with Him in His Word and with Him personally and rekindle your love for Him. This is a slavery that makes all the difference in our lives because of love. Just let His love for you and your love for Him be the controlling factor in your life. And He will put all the other slaveries in your life in the right perspective. So just ask Him and He will break those chains. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning





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