What area of life do you need more freedom?
The essence of freedom is based on principle of boundlessness. By this definition, freedom is intuitive in nature. Stalwart in stance. And often referred to as containing certain inalienable rights. As such, freedom opposes restraint, regulation, and enslavement.
But are you really free?
When it comes to personal freedoms, the freedoms that govern the intimate parts of our lives and the choices we make, they are not intuitive in nature, they are intentional. We have to define principles that dictate the why behind what we do and establish boundaries that protect us in the process.
Contradictory to the freedom that defines us as a nation, personal freedom insists on boundaries. These boundaries typically develop from our faith, family, education, and experience. As a result, we have to work against the grain of our natural bent toward self-comfort that desires to enslave us.
Our verse this week doesn’t mince words. It states that when we practice boundlessness we become slaves to it. It requires little thought and even less fight to exist in a no-rules world where creature comforts reign supreme.
This calls us to be intentional about self-care over self-comfort.
It might seem counter-cultural but faith-informed freedom is paved with good boundaries. And at first, this feels like restraint and rules-based living but soon enough wisdom shows herself as freedom because of the boundless love of our great God.
This week, our charge is to challenge our numbing routines and the habits and behaviors keeping us enslaved. Be sure to question if your habit is one of self-comfort or self-care? Then make an intentional choice to incorporate a boundary that paves a better path to the freedom you truly desire.
“Everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.“ (John 8:34)
- Take inventory of your habits. Do you have patterns of self-comfort?
- How can you make a more honoring practice of self-care in this area?
- Make a plan to establish a boundary that paves a better path to the freedom you desire.
Prayer is just a conversation with God. Talk to Him about what you learned and what you need from Him today.
Be bold. Be brave. Be free.
Dori
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