Everyone is focues on the 4th of July.  It is a holiday of fireworks, friends and family.  It is a time of celebration. Yet with all freedom there is a cost.  Yes you knew I would say that, because it is true.  Freedom is just not a gift without strings.  That is far from the truth.  For there to be true freedom, there will be a cost.  The greater the freedom, the higher the cost.

 

For where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.  Paul wrote those words.  They came at a cost for him.  The cost of the cross and his own sufferings for freedom.  God’s people will always battle this world.  Always.  But the difference between this world and God’s children is that HE has freed us from sin, guilt, regret, remorse, death.  We now live life free from these shackles.  The world does not.

 

Therefore, the Spirit shows us life.  Gives us life.  Guides our lives.  The Spirit empowers our lives with HIS power, HIS fortitude, HIS strength.  So I am truly free.  Are you?