Freedom Part II
A continuation from yesterday.
I was thinking about the future as I was driving home. It’s fun to hang out on weeknights with your friends while you’re in your 20′s. Perhaps while you’re in your 30′s as well. But as you get older – even social norms are working against you. You’re “supposed to” mature and be more responsible. I guess this involves not going out every night (See this post for more details). Going out and hanging with your boys becomes less of the social norm.
There is another issue that was actually making me mad at myself as I was writing it but I saved it for today’s post. I never mentioned God or Jesus. It’s all just about me and what I wanted to do. “I’ll do what I want, when I want.” “I’ll dictate my own life.” It’s a very self-centered attitude. I’m living in God’s universe so I should be playing according to God’s rules. Most of the time I act as though it’s my own universe and I’m god.
Additionally, I am an image bearer of Christ and Christ-likeness. He came here to do God’s will, not his own. Such must be my desire. I should not be living for what I want but for what God wants. I talked about sacrifice and our natural aversion to it but Jesus sacrificed it all.
This life is not my own. I’ve been bought at a price.
I’ll conclude this thought tomorrow with some personal application, reflection, and prayer requests so stay tuned.