Freedom

Freedom is mine when I totally submit my will to the indwelling, empowering presence of the Holy Spirit. He then enables me "to deny myself"--to put to death self-interest--to "pour myself out," to be a genuine servant, and to be found faithful until my home-going. And it is a freeing that must be embraced each and every day--His mercies are "new every morning." I live a life of freedom only through the faithfulness of the Son of God who died and gave Himself for me. "To live is Christ, and to die is gain." All other kinds of freedom are illusions--chains to selfishness, sin, and the Devil--a murderer and a liar from the beginning whose single=minded focus is to destroy.