For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

 Freedom:

             Called us to freedom:  

 Galatians 5:13

13 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

 

            We weren’t called to slavery, but rather to freedom. We are free in Him. However, we don’t use this freedom to do any sinful thing we wish. We use it to do His will; to walk in the manner that He wishes us to walk. We use this freedom to serve one another through His love indwelling us. We don’t do it because we have to, but because we love one another and want the best for our brothers and sisters in Christ.

 

If you could hear God speak, I believe this is what He would say:

            "I did not call into slavery, but into freedom … not the freedom that the world desires. That kind of freedom only wants the freedom to do the desires of the flesh. I called you into the freedom that desires to do the will of the Spirit. You will walk in true freedom when you walk in My Spirit. Then you will not carry out the desires of the flesh, but will carry out the desires of My Spirit. That is true freedom. You are not a slave unto the desires of the flesh, but rather free to obey Me and walk in newness of life.”

 

            61. He has not called me to bondage but to freedom in Him.