Psalm 119:45
Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Ours is a government of liberty, by, through, and under the law. No man is above it, and no man is below it.” We all want freedom. We want be able to live our lives in our own manner by our own choosing. Yet the irony is that to be free, we need laws to our guarantee that freedom. And the same goes for the Law of God. Far from just being a set of rules designed to take away our fun or liberties, God’s Law sets us free. Free to be who God created us to be. Free to live our best lives, no longer in bondage to sin. And free to live in willing obedience to God. Obedience not to attain salvation by works, but to serve and please our loving Father, who gave us His Law because He knows and wants what is best for us. And walking in obedience frees us from feelings of fear and dread, and let’s us live joyfully in God’s wide open space of grace, peace, and love.
