Live Free.

So this entry I believe is a life changing truth, here's the catch. I'm going to be sharing what was put on my heart but I believe that it will only be a total change if you take the time and effort to seek out God's word and read why this is truth. (I really hope you do) So I was listening to 107.9fm on my way to work and the pastor was talking about not being tied down by the law. A little info to remember, God gave his people the law because they needed it. They were to follow it and make sure they taught their families how to obey the law. As time went on they perverted the law and became real legalistic about following it to the last period. As they focused on the law, they would base their faith on a set of rules and not a relationship with God.
So why am I telling you this? I really believe that we as followers of Christ we have this check list of does and don'ts, the sad thing about this is Jesus didn't give us this list we made it up. Now just to be clear I'm not saying there's not things we should stay away from or the God hasn't asked of us, in fact we are suppose to live a "Holy" life, a "life worthy of the calling", and set a part for God. But as believers we tend to have this list that isn't realistic to follow. We try to stay on this does and don'ts list and when we fail we usually beat ourselves up because we failed. Here's something that encourages me, God knows you fail, in fact he expects you to fail. Knowing that still doesn't give us the right to keep on sinning. What I love about Jesus is he didn't give us a list of things to follow, instead he just asks of us to walk as he did, act as he did, and love like he did. This is a relationship, not a check list thing. Just as Paul talked about the Gentiles not being held down by customs and the law, I believe that we as Christians can be freed from this unnecessary pressure we place on ourselves. Remeber there are things that we do need to do and stay away from but it's a good thing that we have a Savior who gave us the perfect example and is always there with us to help us with this. So since you were freed from death and sin because of the blood that was shed on the cross, live free and start enjoying this wonderful gift we get to have, an everlasting relationship with Jesus!
My prayer for us is that we are freed from any unecessary pressure that we place on ourselves. I pray for strength and faith to let God be God.