The Call To FreedomSample

  

Freedom that Transforms

Romans 12:1-2

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
 

It is when we choose with our free will to surrender to God's will that we experience true freedom. Jesus demonstrates in the Garden of Gethsemane that it was not about His will, but God's will to be done. Although we are free to choose whose will we will submit to, we should say, "Never-the-less, not my will but your will be done in my life." Freedom came at a cost. The price that was paid for the atonement of sin has freed mankind from being slaves to this world. Refusal to conform to this world may seem costly as it may cost you friendships, ungodly relationships, temporal pleasures and time but it's nothing to be compared to the glory that will be revealed in Christ Jesus.
 

Action step: As you present your life as a total sacrifice to God and allow your mind to be renewed by His word. You will experience transformation in your life. 1 Corinthians 6:12 "'Everything is permissible for me' - but not everything is beneficial. 'Everything is permissible for me' - but I will not be mastered by anything." Whenever you experience total freedom, you will not be mastered by emotions, temptation, or sin.
 

Prayer: Father God thank You for giving me strength in the time of weakness to do Your will even when I want my own will. I need Your presence to go with me everywhere I go so that I may walk in Your freedom in Jesus' name