LIVE AS FREE MEN

Wednesday - May 12, 2011

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“Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.” – 1 Peter 2:16
 
Louis Delcourt was a young French soldier during the First World War who overstayed his leave and, fearing disgrace, he decided to desert.  He persuaded his mother to lock him up in the attic of their home and there she hid him and fed him for twenty-one years.
But in August 1937 his mother died.  There was no chance now of his retaining his incognito and remaining in hiding.  So, pale and haggard, he staggered along to the nearest police officer, where he gave himself up.  The police officer looked at him in utter incredulity and asked him, “where have you been that you have not heard?”  “Haven’t heard what?” asked Louis.  “That a law of amnesty for all deserters was passed years ago.”
Louis Delcourt had freedom but did not enjoy it because he did not know that he had it.  It is the same with many Christian people today, they have been set free by Jesus Christ.  But they are not enjoying their freedom because they do not know that they have it.
 
Men and women freed from sin, we should seek to serve the Lord. Today in prayer, praise the Lord that you are free in Him and serve Him with a glad heart.
 
“But what is freedom? Rightly understood, A universal license to be good.” – Hartley Coleridge
 
God’s Word: “You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.” – Galatians 5:13