It 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

What a profound statement: "set free for freedom."   

Why say this?   Because we have this tendency to go backward instead of forwards, we have this tendency to return to the things that made us slaves.    You see it in Exodus with the people of Israel, "why didn't you leave us in Egypt?"     Christ has set us free to experience freedom, we have this freedom through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we are meant to live this new life, by the power of this freedom, set free from sin, from its "POWER", its "PULL".

Chuck Swindoll tells a story about a merchant selling quails in the market place.   A man approaches and tells the merchant he would like to purchase them all, however not for food, but rather to set them free.   The merchant cuts the string tied to one leg of the quail and it takes about a minute or two from them to realize they are free, once they do they fly off about 30 yards and begin to walk in circles as if they were still tied to the ground.

This story reminds me of two important things:

1. Grace is not cheap

 Christ Purchased our Freedom

2. We have been set free to stay free

We should learn to not return to the old patterns, the ways of slavery, the things that stall us, that bind us up.

For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.  ~Deuteronomy 20:4

I think all too often we forget to invite God into our battle, our struggles, or circumstances.   Or we wait until we are overcome before we cry out to the Lord.   

Reality is that when God becomes the center of our life, this word tells us that He will fight my battles, your battles with you, that in fact He does not leave it to chance, did you hear that He is not planning to lose, He is going into the battle with you to "Give You Victory...

I need, we need to allow God into our life in every area, we need to trust Him and trust that He always has our best interest at heart, that with Him there is nothing we face that we can't see victory.

• He Goes Before Me
• He Goes With Me
• He Gives Me Victory