“Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee;”
There is something much more powerful when speaking as one with joy and a free spirit. It is from this place we uphold what salvation really is --- a relationship that is meant to be rich, rather than an obligation meant to be kept.
There is a fine line between feeling and desire. Feelings are fleeting, whereas desire descends, and goes deeper. Desires define the core of who I am. Trust and Delight walk along side of each other, and like the light and noon day, they reveal the relationship that our Father intended from the beginning...one motivated by love.
Governed by Love
“In Christ we are set free by the blood of his death, and so we have forgiveness of sins.” Ephesians 1:7
Jesus spoke of freedom, but he spoke of a different kind of freedom: the type of freedom that comes not through power but through submission. Not through control but through surrender. Not through possessions but through open hands.
God wants to emancipate his people; he wants to set them free. He wants his people to be not slaves but sons. He wants them governed not by law but by love.
We have been liberated from our own guilt and our own legalism. We have the freedom to pray and the freedom to love the God of our heart. And we have been forgiven by the only one who could condemn us. We are truly free!
(Taken from Grace for the Moment; by Max Lacado pg. 271)
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