I Am Free!

I will walk in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts. Psalm 119:45

What is a precept anyway? The dictionary defines it this way: (From Oxford) A guiding rule that is used to control, influence or regulate conduct. An example is of a precept is a commandment found in the Ten Commandments.

I would say that the Ten Commandments fit that definition pretty well. Because we are called to be obedient to them.. 

What kind of freedom do we walk in if we follow them or any of God's ways?

If we are not obeying God, we are sinning against him. But when we have received Christ, we are to walk in him. To obey him. To keep his commandments. And when we do that, we walk in freedom from our sin.

The Ten commandments are not just there to stop us from having a good time. They are there to keep us out of that razor sharp fence that prevents us from being truly free. If the human race would obey them, there would be no need for prisons, or mental hospitals or anything else that keeps us from the freedom of Christ. 

And yet, what do we do? We want our own way. We don't want to listen to what is good for us. And we go our own way. Isaiah 53:6. And because we have done that, God lets us have our own way because he does not make us do what we do not want to do. And that is why we need a Savior..

To set us free from that sin that we have allowed ourselves to indulge in.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then and do not let yourselves be burdened again by the yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:35

And that is the answer to being free from sin. To search for his precepts and then obey them. To receive him into our hearts and lives. So that we can burst out of the fences that surrounds us and thereby having Christ as our advocate to the Father for the forgiveness of our sin. 

Do you need that freedom today? You can have it by praying this prayer. And if you honestly mean it, Jesus will hear you. He is waiting for you. Do it now. 

Friends, I hope if you need freedom from your sin, you will take advantage of this moment and pray that prayer. And if you have done so, you have started an amazing journey with Jesus Christ. May you ever be blessed...until nest time, may our praises to him penetrate heavens floor and ascend to its highest, wherever that may go!