Observation: One who is freed from slavery does not return to it, rather he fights against it and seeks to release those who are still in chains.
Application: Life is not full of hard things or easy things, it is rather, full of struggle. The influence of everything that we subject ourselves to develops our world view. Their is an ever present struggle that exists between the spirit and the flesh. The flesh, sin, is the yoke of slavery to which Paul is referencing. If we immerse ourselves in God's word, we greatly influence the outcome of our struggle against the flesh by hiding His word in our hearts and keeping us from sin. If we immerse ourselves in sin, it will equally influence the struggle and destroy us from the inside out. Once we accept Christ and experience His life changing power, grace, and mercy, we must not return to our former chains, but fight to share the good news with others so that their chains may also be broken...so they too may be set free by Christ.
Prayer: Daddy, let us immerse ourselves in Your word, and through Your Holy Spirit, break the chains of sin and tear down the gates of Hell. Let us not fetter ourselves in sin, but clothe ourselves in righteousness, putting on the full armor of God. Amen.
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