Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 28:20-68; Psalm 119:25-48; Isaiah 55; Matthew 3
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. (Psalms 119:45)
Do you want to walk at liberty? In other words, do you want to be free from being a slave? So many people think since they are free to do whatever they want that they are free. That is not true! A person who sins is a slave to sin.
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. (John 8:34)
This Psalm teaches us that a person who wants to be free or walk at liberty will be one who seeks God's precepts. The precepts of God are his ways and teachings. When you seek diligently in the Word of God to know the mind and heart of God, you will walk at liberty. Liberty is not freedom to do whatever you want. Liberty is freedom to live for God. A lost person is not free. They are a slave to sin. You and I have a choice. We can either be servants of sin or we can be servants of righteousness.
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. (Romans 6:16-18)
Who do you obey? Do you obey sin and self? If you do you are a servant of sin. But through the blood of Jesus Christ, you can be set free from sin and become a servant of righteousness. The servant of righteousness is the one who walks at liberty!
You might see a person who says and does whatever they want. They are not free. They are duped by the devil into believing they are, but they are serving the sin that they run so hard to. Being free means being a servant of God and to others.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. (Galatians 5:1)
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (Galatians 5:13-14)
Are you free to serve or are you looking to be served? Seek God's precepts and you will walk at liberty and be free to serve others in love.
In Christ,
Rody
